If there is one economic report that is used each month as a barometer for the direction of the payrolls and unemployment report from the U.S. Department of Labor, it is the ADP payrolls…
One in three residents of San Francisco would leave the city due to high rents and housing costs. That may be the highest level since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Air pollution is not as bad in any U.S. cities as it is in in China and India. However, in some American cities, the air is fair from pristine.
Among the cities hardest hit by extreme poverty, Fresno is in first place, according to a recent 24/7 Wall St. article.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index has slipped from a March reading of 91 to an April reading of 89.
Inflation remains well short of the Federal Reserve's 2% target, and combined with a first-quarter total compensation increase of 1.9% indicates that U.S. workers are earning enough to cover higher costs.
Personal income rose 0.4% in March, beating Bloomberg’s estimates, but personal spending rose just 0.1%, falling short of expectations.
The GDP of the euro area rose 0.6% in the first quarter. The problem of deflation in the region lingered.
The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index came in at −4 for April. This may represent contraction, but is less negative than the reading seen in March.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that weekly jobless claims came in at 257,000 for the week of April 23.
First-quarter GDP gives the bears some argument that the economy isn't chugging along just fine, but it is still growth at the end of the day.
Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have voted to keep interest rates flat. This was exactly what the market was expecting, but the overall Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) tone remained a bit more…
Thursday will mark a crucial day for just how much, or how little, the U.S. economy is growing. The initial first-quarter GDP estimate from the U.S. Department of Commerce will be released.
The international trade deficit did not come in anywhere as high as expected in March, implying that perhaps that pesky dollar strength's trend abatement might be in the works is showing up in the…
Americans were more upbeat over the economy a year ago, but, as Gallup points out, the recent scores are not as low as the numbers recorded between 2008 and the fall of 2012.
