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ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s Rating Services has just turned Puerto Rico into the equivalent of on of the PIIGS over credit…
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office now estimates that the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2014 will total less than…
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said Monday that its report on business in the manufacturing sector showed much weaker…
California has come back from the Great Recession, buoyed by the rise of new technology companies and a modest recovery…
ThinkstockIt’s been a slow recovery, but according to a recent report, U.S. economic growth is expected to pick up in…
ThinkstockThe seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the 17-nation eurozone was 12.0% in December, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of…
ThinkstockThe most conservative Americans live in the Plains States and the South, which probably comes as no surprise. And the…
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department’s report on gross domestic product (GDP) has been released for the fourth quarter of 2013. The headline…
ThinkstockAmong the cities that people are moving to in extraordinary numbers are ones that had terribly high unemployment during the…
Chinese manufacturing is in retreat for the first time in six months, according to HSBC. The purchasing managers' index, which…
courtesy of the Federal ReserveThe January 29 FOMC meeting was the last meeting to be under Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.…
America's colleges and universities have the equivalent of the richest 10%, just as the population does. At the top of…
ThinkstockThe unemployment rate in the United States was 6.7% in December. In North Dakota, it was 2.6%. The low number…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index for January. The good news for the economy is that it…
ThinkstockTuesday’s top economic report was the durable goods report for December, and unfortunately it is a very ugly number. The…
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