Singapore, the small island nation, has taken the crown of the most competitive economy in the world, according to an annual, widely followed, study. The United States dropped to third place.
New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods fell for the second time in three months in April while shipments dipped for the first time in three months.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on Tuesday, at the Conference on Monetary Policy Strategy, Tools and Communications Practices.
The Institute for Supply Management has released its Manufacturing ISM Report on Business, showing that economic activity expanded in the manufacturing sector in April.
A new road traffic information system combines historical with real-time traffic data for every road in the world.
The National Association for Business Economics released its survey for the month of May, and despite overarching concerns about recession and trade wars the panel saw a favorable outlook in the short term.
The fastest growing city in America last year was a modest-sized one in Arizona, according to new Census data.
It's too soon to be looking for an economy-crushing recession, but the reality is that growth looks like it should be a lot slower in the second quarter of 2019 and perhaps later in…
When the University of Michigan released its preliminary reading on consumer sentiment for May, it came with the caveat that the data had been collected prior to the end of trade talks and the…
Saturday, June 1, marks the beginning of the 2019 hurricane season. NOAA analysts are predicting a normal year and housing market analysts at CoreLogic have released their report on the number of U.S. homes…
While the simple explanation of an inverted yield curve means that longer-term interest rates (bond yields) have gone lower than short-term ones, there is a discrepancy about what the definition should be.
Despite trade tensions with China in the past few weeks, consumer confidence is relatively high, according to the Conference Board. In fact, the numbers are near an 18-year high.
Recent jobs and economic reports herald good tidings, though growth across the country has been uneven. Many families and towns are still hurting, with 46 million Americans living below the poverty line. Typical U.S.…
Morgan Stanley economists are the latest to say that American growth will be undermined by the huge trade war between China and the United States.
The OECD became the latest organization to warn that a U.S. trade war with China could put an anchor on the global economy. The notion that one nation will win with no effect on…
