Economy

His response to a question Thursday raised eyebrows. “Trump sounded like the student who hadn’t studied for the test and was making up numbers,” said one conservative economist.

Carriers are facing delivery delays from Boeing and Airbus, engine issues and tempering growth plans.

Signs point to continued weakening in the labor market, but the unemployment rate is still lingering around historically low levels.

The findings are consistent with "well-known characteristics” of Puerto Rico's economy, such as limited job opportunities, stagnant wages and income disparities, researchers say.

From Reno, Nevada, to the Midwest to the suburbs of Atlanta, unemployment rates have crept up and housing costs are rising, creating divides among voters.

With the decline, it brought the ratio of job openings per available worker down to less than 1.1, about half where it was in early 2022.

New restrictions are impacting privately-run businesses, which provide much-needed goods to Cubans who can afford them and are by some estimates the country's largest employer.

The Institute for Supply Management's monthly survey showed that just 47.2% of purchasing managers reported expansion in August.

A gap has formed between how economists and policymakers assess the past several years of the economy, and how many ordinary Americans do.

Home prices, interest rates, availability and more factor into our new metric, updated monthly, that gauges how difficult it is to buy a home where you live.

The Democratic National Committee, which released the billboards, said unions are behind "gains in fair wages, worker protections, and health care."