the economy
The economy ebbs and flows, but whether it’s strengthening or weakening, we report on how it affects you.
Trump Effect: New Jobs Report Astounds Experts, Blows Out Expectations
On Friday, the Labor Department released the jobs report for December – and it’s amazing. The economy added 312,000 new…
Read More »Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 271,000 Jobs in December
Private sector employment increased by 271,000 jobs from November to December according to the December ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed…
Read More »The Booming Job Market Is Leading Teachers To Quit At Record Levels
Public education employees such as teachers and janitors are quitting jobs in record numbers, an uncommon trend in a profession…
Read More »The Most People In Nearly 20 Years Quit Their Jobs For Better Ones In 2018
Roughly 2.4 percent of the Americans in the workforce quit their jobs in the past year, the fastest rate since…
Read More »Dow Has Its Worst Week In Nearly A Decade As Government Shutdown Looms
The stock market ground to halt Friday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst week in nearly 10…
Read More »The US Economy Is Still On Track For Its Strongest Growth Since 2005
The Department of Commerce revised the U.S. economy’s rate of growth in the third quarter of 2018 downward Friday after…
Read More »New Trend: Blue-Collar Workers are Now Scarcer than White-Collar Workers
Reversing a decades-long trend in the U.S. jobs market, companies are now having a more difficult time finding blue-collar workers…
Read More »November Jobs Report: 155,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Steady At 3.7 Percent
The U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs through the month of November and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent,…
Read More »‘What Winning Looks Like’: US Net Oil Imports Hit 40-Year Low
U.S. net oil imports were just above 4 million barrels per day during the last week of November, according to…
Read More »Varney Explains Stock Dive: Not a Sign of a Recession
Fox Business host Stuart Varney explained why the stock market dropped nearly 800 points on “Fox & Friends” Wednesday and…
Read More »American Retailers Using Trump’s Tariffs Against Chinese Manufacturers
Chinese manufacturers are feeling the pinch of President Donald Trump’s tariffs as U.S. retailers continue to slash orders and cut…
Read More »Small Business Economic Outlook Remains High After 2 years under Trump Economic Policy
The Q4 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index (Index) released today recorded an overall score of 69.3, indicating a…
Read More »US Oil Boom Cut $250 Billion From The Trade Deficit
A decade-long oil boom in the U.S. has cut into the overall U.S. trade deficit by hundreds of billions of…
Read More »Amazon announces new HQ sites, Starbucks announces cuts, and Consumers Expect to Spend More on Gifts in 2018
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) announced Tuesday that it will build two new Headquarters facilities in the United States amid record-high consumer…
Read More »Home Depot co-founder: A Pelosi Congress would be a disaster for the country
Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus on new concerns for the U.S. economy as possible midterm shakeup threatens to bring gridlock…
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