When Department of Labor releases its report on nonfarm payrolls, private sector payrolls and unemployment for the month of May, it could greatly skew the bias of when the Federal Reserve tightens the rate…
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas released the regional Dallas Fed Business Activity reading for May, showing a drop to −20.8 from a less negative −13.9 from April.
The Conference Board survey showed that consumer confidence fell more than expected in May.
Many investors and economists skip this monthly report, but it does make up one of the components for each month's leading economic indicators.
Personal income and consumer spending posted gains for the month of April. The U.S. Department of Commerce said that consumer spending saw the biggest jump going back to 2009.
North Korea has by far and away that largest portion of its population who live in "modern slavery." No other nation is close.
New Hampshire spends the least on public higher education among America's 50 states. In most states in which this is true, tuitions are high.
Unlike several past winters, this last one was relatively wet in California, relieving drought conditions in the northern part of the state and allowing the state to lift some of water restrictions.
Donald Trump told an audience in Fresno, Calif., Friday that "there is no drought" and that the state has "a water problem that is so insane."
Saturday morning, the city of Ramgundam, India, recorded a temperature of 114.8°F, tied with a town in Algeria for the day's highest temperature in the world.
Some 439 drivers are expected to die in car accidents this Memorial Day weekend. The true advent of self-driving cars cannot come too soon.
It now appears that the U.S. Senate’s unanimous vote on a bill that would have exposed the Saudi Arabian government to American lawsuits over alleged involvement in the 9/11 attacks was a sham.
The University of Michigan has released its monthly revision for consumer sentiment in May. It still showed a robust gain from the prior month, but far less than originally forecast.
First-quarter GDP growth saw a revision, and it raised to 0.8% from the prior 0.5%. This report was incredibly slow, and it was also under the expectations.
Thursday's report on durable goods was, no pun intended, quite durable. The headline report showed a gain of more than 3% in the month of April.
