Tag: economy
WASHINGTON (AP) Hiring accelerated and pay rose at a solid pace in April, setting the stage for healthy U.S. economic growth to endure despite fears of a slowdown earlier this year. Employers added 263,000…
Diagnosing the state?s economic challenges is one thing, David Toland said Thursday. Simply put, Iola, Allen County and Kansas as a whole do not have enough workers to support its businesses, the state?s commerce secretary…
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to close Americas southern border or large sections of it next week, a potentially drastic step affecting the economies of both the U.S. and…
WASHINGTON Puerto Rico has a bigger economy than some states, but how big and how badly it was undercut by Hurricane Maria is not clear because the island is the only U.S. territory whose economic…
WASHINGTON Bill Gates is concerned about the high budget deficits being run by the U.S., and said if taxes are ultimately increased to make up the shortfall, then its appropriate for wealthy people to…
Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke compared the national economy to a Looney Tunes character: magically floating in the air for a moment after running off a cliff before inevitably plummeting in 2020. About half…
LONDON (AP) Britains economy slowed last year to its weakest growth rate since the global financial crisis as mounting uncertainty over Brexit weighed on businesses and kept a lid on their investments, official figures…
WASHINGTON (AP) With shutdown negotiations deadlocked, the White House planned further meetings with rank-and-file lawmakers today, as the Trump administration acknowledged the prolonged standoff over his border wall funding demands is having a greater…
The government shutdown has entered its third week. Besides the 800,000 government workers who have lost their paychecks and are now living on their savings or finding other ways to make ends meet, there is…
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of a trade war, slowing global growth and…
