Economic Growth is Cooling, But Jobs Market Remains Stable, Fed Report Shows

The Federal Reserve Beige Book said economic growth was slowing in some places, but that labor markets remained stable. Read More

Economy added 818,000 fewer jobs than previously reported

Interest rates have remained at a 23-year high for more than a year as the central bank aims to bring inflation in line with its 2 ... to the economy. A new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll ... Read More

U.K. Economy Buoyed by Reports on Growth, Inflation and Jobs

Many economists have said Britain needs significantly more investment to expand its economy; the government ... covering economics and business news for The New York Times. More about Eshe Nelson ... Read More

America’s economy is wildly confusing right now. Here’s what’s really going on

It appears to have be a wild overreaction (amplified by some unrelated financial shenanigans) to a single report ... economy was roaring back from its Covid slowdown, prices were going up across ... Read More

How the Biden-Harris Economy Left Most Americans Behind

That’s bad news because the Biden-Harris economic ... to its pre-pandemic high. All Mr. Biden had to do was let the recovery unfold. Instead, Democrats in March 2021 used Covid relief as a ... Read More

Lewis: Our economy needs more carrot and less stick

In physics, Newton’s law of motion says “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Often we will take action, expecting a particular result but fail to consider all of the likely ... Read More

U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs than first reported, sign job market has been slowing

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs ... The Fed raised its benchmark rate 11 times in 2022 and 2023 to fight inflation, which hit a four-decade high more than two years ... Read More

Harris Pulls Ahead of Trump on Economy as Markets Prepare for New Inflation Data

“It’ll be focused on the economy and what we need to do to ... items back to its 2019 pace,” they added. While inflation will be the most watched data, a report on retail sales for July ... Read More

Consumer Reports explains why Top Tier gas is worth it

WHEN CHOOSING WHERE TO FILL UP NEXT, WE RECOMMEND TOP TIER GAS. JEFF BARTLETT WORKS AT CONSUMER REPORTS AUTO TEST CENTER, WHERE THEY BUY TESTS AND RATE MORE THAN 50 CARS, TRUCKS AND SUVS EVERY YEAR. Read More

US economy created 818,000 fewer jobs than previously reported

That suggests the economy added an average of 174,000 jobs per month during that time period — below the previous 242,000 estimate. On a monthly basis, that amounts to about 68,000 fewer jobs. Read More

naUS Economy Added 818,000 Fewer Jobs than Originally Reported

In recent months, the U.S. economy ... report also showed that the four-week average for unemployment claims decreased by 4,500 to 236,500. Throughout 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve increased ... Read More