Spread the loveTweet Struggling Sectors Once the recovery took hold, the retail sector could be depended on to churn out more jobs. But it has disappointed in 2017. After two…
Spread the loveTweet His wife, Mayela, works from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the pork plant, earning $18 an hour, before handling the register at Valentina’s until the early…
Spread the loveTweet Photo Sales of new cars declined in the first four months of 2017. Credit Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press Here’s a look at what’s coming up this week.…
Spread the loveTweet Senator Thad Cochran, Republican of Mississippi and the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, hinted at Republican plans to look at the budget cycle as a way to…
Spread the loveTweet The outsize economic role of the American health care industry heightens the risks posed by the Republicans’ effort in Washington to repeal the Affordable Care Act, enacted…
Spread the loveTweet • The broadest measure of unemployment, which includes people who are working part time or have dropped out of the labor market, was down sharply, to 8.6…
Spread the loveTweet Carrier, a furnace maker that had been excoriated by Mr. Trump for potentially outsourcing jobs to Mexico, decided to keep 800 of 1,400 jobs in Indianapolis. SoftBank,…
Spread the loveTweet Despite the robust record of these models, they didn’t get much attention leading up to 2016. Mr. Trump was such a nontraditional candidate — in his fund-raising;…
Spread the loveTweetThe economy’s weakness reflected new caution among consumers. Other sectors like housing and business investment turned in a stronger showing, but not enough to offset factors like weaker…
Spread the loveTweetMr. Trump’s proposal, while short on details, calls for cutting taxes on corporations and individuals, including reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent and…
