With today’s lackluster jobs report, the Labor Department is now estimating that the economy added an average of 94,000 jobs …
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Survey: December Saw Best Job Growth in a Year
Good sign for private sector hiring
Economy Grew At Brisk Pace In Third Quarter
GDP growth for July-September revised upwards on strength of consumer spending, business investment
U.S. Household Wealth Hits a Historic High of $74.8 Trillion
But don’t light up that cigar just yet
Thin Bag From Santa to U.S. Retailers This Year
Cautious consumer reactions to the economic recovery causes prediction that sales at U.S. stores will climb less this holiday season than in recent years
Can Japan Change?
Japanese have watched their economy sink for two decades. Are they finally getting angry?
The Myth of American Decline: An Interview with Author Daniel Gross
You don’t have to look very hard to find proof that over the past five years Americans have evolved into a very pessimistic bunch. Far more of us think the country is headed in the wrong direction than think it’s on the right …
Report: Housing Market Recovery Has Officially Begun
A new analysis suggests that home prices will begin to rise later this year.
Why Aren’t There More Jobs?
Mediocre growth, overly cautious corporations and government cutbacks figure to stifle employment gains until there is some comprehensive economic policy
What You Need to Know About April’s Jobs Numbers
Any way you cut it, the Labor Department’s announcement that the U.S. economy added just 115,000 jobs in April is a disappointment. Economists had been expecting 160,000 new jobs, and even that number is far below the kind of …
Is Fannie and Freddie Honcho Ed DeMarco “America’s Most Dangerous Man?”
Ed DeMarco, acting head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), doesn’t have the look of a comic-book super-villain, but if you listen to some of the barbs his critics hurl at him, DeMarco is more dastardly than The Joker …
Is the Wimpy Recovery Morphing into a Recession?
We’ve just begun coming to grips with the wimpy recovery. Are we actually in for another recession? That was the implication of a couple of economic reports I read this week, including one by ITG Investment Research, which …