economy

US economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different methods.

Rising Interest Rates, Housing Prices Keep Millennials Renting
Rising Interest Rates, Housing Prices Keep Millennials Renting
January 14, 2019  |  Real Estate

Millennials are being shut out of the real estate market as rising home prices and interest rates are pushing homeownership out of the reach of...

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Fed: Extended Shutdown Could Be Bad For Economy
Fed: Extended Shutdown Could Be Bad For Economy
January 10, 2019  |  Economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell said that an extended government shutdown could be damaging to the U.S. economy, according to a report in Financial Times....

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From Earnings Crunch To Credit Crunch?
From Earnings Crunch To Credit Crunch?
January 08, 2019  |  Economy

By any reckoning, there may be a reckoning coming for stocks. The December no one wants to remember is in the rearview mirror, while January has...

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China To Help Private Businesses With Lower-Cost Credit
China To Help Private Businesses With Lower-Cost Credit
January 07, 2019  |  International

Lawmakers in China are looking at ways to help private businesses that are having a hard time refinancing debt, reported Reuters. The report, citing the...

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Non-Farm Payrolls Rose By 312K In Dec
Non-Farm Payrolls Rose By 312K In Dec
January 04, 2019  |  Economy

Even amid declines in the financial markets, employers in the United States brought more jobs into the economy in December at the quickest cadence in...

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Consumer Lending In UK Declines Amid Brexit Uncertainty
Consumer Lending In UK Declines Amid Brexit Uncertainty
January 04, 2019  |  Brexit

The pre-Brexit decline in the U.K. economy is showing further signs as lending to consumers in the country increased at the slowest pace in close...

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Getting To The Core Of Apple’s (And Everyone Else’s) China Issue
Getting To The Core Of Apple’s (And Everyone Else’s) China Issue
January 03, 2019  |  Apple

Live by the Chinese consumer, die by the Chinese consumer. Apple, of course, is getting cored, on the heels of a surprise announcement that, in...

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US-China Trade War Costs Billions For Both Sides
US-China Trade War Costs Billions For Both Sides
January 02, 2019  |  Economy

The trade war between the United States and China has ended up costing billions of dollars for both sides during 2018, with agriculture feeling the...

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2018: The Year Of The Confident Consumer
2018: The Year Of The Confident Consumer
December 29, 2018  |  Economy

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, consumer confidence had slipped to an all-time low, and consumer spending followed it down the rabbit...

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