Economy Jan 23 Fewer homes affordable for middle-class buyers, analysis finds In the past year, the availability of homes that a middle-class family could buy has declined in 86 percent of the largest metro areas, according to a Redfin analysis.
Economy Jan 22 Home sales plummet 6.4 percent in December For all of 2018, sales of existing homes fell 3.1 percent from a year ago to the weakest total since 2015.
Economy Jan 04 312,000 jobs added in December offer dose of economic reassurance It was an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and a partial shutdown of the federal government.
Nation Dec 24 Trump assails Fed as the ‘only problem our economy has’ President Donald Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve on Monday after administration officials spent the weekend trying to assure the public and financial markets that Jerome Powell's job as Fed chairman was safe.
Economy Dec 22 Partial government shutdown compounds risks for U.S. economy The stock market’s persistent fall, growing chaos in the Trump administration, higher interest rates, a U.S.-China trade war and a global slowdown have combined to elevate the perils for the economy.
Economy Dec 20 Fed Chair Powell embraces the uncertainty of future interest rate hikes As the Federal Reserve edges closer to ending its rate hikes altogether, its decision-making has become trickier.
Politics Nov 03 Trump stumps in cities that don’t look that much like US President Trump in his 44-city blitz for midterm elections has visited areas that are whiter, less educated and have lower incomes than the rest of the United States, according to Census Bureau data.
Economy Oct 19 Poor communities can be left behind during hiring booms, study shows New research led by Harvard economist Raj Chetty shows that when cities experience job surges, the gains mostly bypass residents born into poverty.
Economy Oct 15 Federal budget deficit surges to highest level in 6 years at $779 billion The Treasury Department said Monday that the deficit climbed $113 billion from fiscal year 2017.
Economy Oct 07 As joblessness falls, skilled workers might be hard to find Are America's employers at risk of running out of skilled people to hire?…