The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) managed to deliver a dud on Wednesday. Janet Yellen and the FOMC members just did not talk up any big prospects nor did they act very…
New construction in December totaled an estimated $1.2 trillion seasonally adjusted annual rate, down slightly from the November rate, but 4.2% higher than the December 2015 rate.
The argument continues to be made that America's trade relationship with China has cost the United States jobs. It is one of the debates at the core of the new administration's plans to bring…
The bull market has not helped the value of college and university endowments. Those funds are at their lowest since the recession.
The 2017 economic data are looking strong, and one such reading is the consumer sentiment number for the end of January.
While these reports might give some of the economic policy critics more fodder, the reality is that many of the policies that were promised during the election will not actually start showing up until…
Is President Trump's proposed wall and increase in border agents just an expensive solution to a problem that is getting smaller on its own?
Los Angeles, with 1.7 million Mexican immigrants, which is more than 13% of its total population, faces major changes if the Trump administration implements some of its plans.
In 2016, the United States experienced six flooding events that exceeded the once-in-a-thousand years expectation level.
Researchers at the Insure.com website commissioned a survey of 3,700 American insurance customers and ranked the companies.
Major trade friction with the United States could be economically devastating to the Mexican economy, the 15th largest in the world.
Don't tell farmers who live and work in the major agricultural states that economic strength has started to rekindle. Their attitudes about their business fortunes are pessimistic.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California. Her speech was titled ‘The Goals of Monetary Policy and How We Pursue Them.’ While…
As the world's middle class expands, demand for premium products in a variety of categories is growing very quickly.
Just last week, producer prices indicated a stalling out at the wholesale level. But what happens in prices at the consumer level often lags the wholesale level.
