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ThinkstockWholesale inflation was on the rise in December. The Labor Department released its Producer Price Index (PPI), showing a rise…
While the developed economies of the world will stage improvements this year, and the growth of the developing world will…
Wikimedia Commons/creative commonsIf you have been tracking credit ratings of states and nations since before the recession, something today almost…
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has released its small business optimism index for the month of December. The…
Long-term unemployment has become a deeper and deeper problem in the United States. Just as large a problem, if not…
Some 300,000 West Virginia residents are unable to drink local water because of a recent chemical spill. The state is…
Friday's Employment Situation report from the U.S. Labor Department may have just made investing in bonds safe again. It seems…
No matter how much cheer there is in an unemployment rate of less than 7%, the figure remains much worse…
At a time when federal lawmakers are debating issues like unemployment benefits, food stamps and the minimum wage, as well…
ThinkstockThere has been talk in Europe that Mario Draghi might have make more noise about vigilant policy to prevent weakness…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve is out with its minutes from the December FOMC meeting. We generally warn readers that minutes are…
ThinkstockIt appears as though the rise in equity markets is coinciding with a boost in confidence among America’s top Chief…
If unemployment is at the foundation of measurements of national economic health, then the euro area and European Union remain…
Janet Yellen has been confirmed by the Senate as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. She will be the…
Following a drop to $84 in September, consumer spending has risen steadily to a five-year high of $96 a day…
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