December’s retail sales dropped off steeply in November and marked the sharpest monthly plunge in nine years, with almost every category showing a decrease in […]
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Consumer Prices Aren’t Budging Despite Wage Growth
Consumer prices remained unchanged for the third consecutive month amid rapid job creation and wage growth, signaling to the Federal Reserve Board that planned interest […]
Speculators return to Las Vegas as home prices surge
More than any other U.S. city, Las Vegas epitomized the housing boom and bust of the last decade. Housing prices were on a seemingly unending […]
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 […]
Pig Feet Eclipse Chicken Paws: A Tariff Story
In the small village in northern China where Yunping Xu grew up, there used to be a dining ritual serving a family’s most honored guests. […]
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 […]
Protected: Wide-Reaching Raise in Wages Causes Deep Divide Among Workers
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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 […]
Trade Deficit Narrowed for the First Time in Six Months
The U.S. trade deficit in March narrowed for the first time since September, and experts say it might keep narrowing in the future. The goods […]