Carolina León and her husband are frequent flyers and are always planning trips to different locations from their home in New York City. For their […]
Economy
Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index Returns to a Declining Trend
The delay of hurricane relief funds for Puerto Rico pulled down the island’s economy for the fourth month in a row, returning the U.S. territory […]
Hispanic Economic Progress: Surging Faster but Still Behind
When President Trump visited Florida last month, he highlighted one achievement in particular: the economic progress made by Hispanics, a group that has strongly opposed […]
States Desperate To Bring Healthcare Prices To Heel
Republican changes to the Affordable Care Act have driven up insurance prices for individuals. Now some states are acting on their own to halt a […]
New development chokes historic flower markets
Since he opened his flower business 18 years ago, Ashok “AK” Komar has watched storefront after storefront empty from this block of Manhattan. Pointing through […]
Paper Tariffs Threaten Struggling Newspaper Industry
As a film reviewer at the Tampa Bay Times for 25 years, Steve Persall had a front-row seat to the winding melodrama of layoffs, buyouts […]
Five Things to Watch in March Retail Sales
This morning the Commerce Department will publish its count of all the retail products and services sold in March. Here are five things to look […]
Are Trump’s tax cuts making a difference? Depends who you ask.
Jonell Marty, a fifth-grade teacher in the Minneapolis suburb of Apple Valley, received $60 more in her paycheck on February 5, her first to incorporate […]
Auto Sales Keep Retail Economy in Reverse
Soft auto sales dragged down overall retail sales in February and consumers did not spend enough to pick up the slack. Retail sales decreased by […]
Higher gas prices, lower auto sales put brakes on consumer spending
Retail sales shrunk in January, ending several months of consumer spending growth fueled by drawing down savings and going into debt. The Commerce department reported […]