The cost of a home, food, transportation, fuel and clothing. The total of these state to state, particularly when income is taken into account, vary widely, making $1 stretch much more or less, depending…
It is no secret that the Federal Reserve has had its hands tied on its desire to raise interest rates. Now data has come out that was marginally positive on the wholesale inflation front.
The U.S. Census Bureau released advance estimates of retail and food services sales for April on Friday morning.
Germany may be the envy of the developed world, for the time being. Its first-quarter GDP rose.
Thursday's economic reports might have included a very disappointing weekly jobless claims report, but we have now also seen a mixed report on import and export price trends in the month of April.
Has the good news on the Treasury budget already run its course? The Treasury showed that it saw a surplus of $106.5 billion in April of 2016. The Wall Street Journal’s published consensus estimate…
Wasn't 2016 supposed to be the year that U.S. interest rates finally began to rise? Now many of the top investment banks have taken down their interest rate forecasts.
Tuesday's report from the U.S. Department of Commerce is rarely a market-moving report. Still, it can create adjustments inside of gross domestic product reports for the first quarter.
The largest city in the United States based on square mileage is Sitka, Alaska, incorporated at is current size in 2000.
The National Federation of Independent Business reported Tuesday morning that its small business optimism index for April rose one point from March.
Nationwide, personal income rose more than 14% from 2010 to 2015. In five states, the rise in income was much sharper than the national average.
Detroit is not a market full of expensive homes, so it unusual when one is for sale in the high seven figures hits the listings. The house at 17731 Hamilton Rd. is large at over…
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that factory orders rose by around 1% in the month of March.
The Institute for Supply Management has released its non-manufacturing sector report for the month of April via its monthly Report on Business.
There has been a saying for years that productivity competes with unemployment — and productivity is down.
