the economy

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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,…

5 years ago

‘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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

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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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

Trump Economy Smashes Expectations

The economy continues to smash expectations with strong job creation, rising wages, and soaring confidence thanks to President Trump’s pro-growth…

5 years ago

Manufacturing continues expansion in October, employment and exports increasing

New Orders, Production, and Employment Growing Supplier Deliveries Slowing at Faster Rate; Backlog Growing Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers' Inventories…

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Trump Effect: US Adds 250,000 Jobs In October, Wage Growth Breaks 3 Percent For The First Time In Nearly A Decade

The U.S. economy added 250,000 jobs through the month of October and the unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent…

5 years ago

White House: ‘This is the blue-collar, middle-class Trump Economy’

The White House released a video Thursday touting the amazing revitalization of blue-collar jobs due entirely to President Donald Trump's…

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