1+ week, 3+ day ago   (610+ words) The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported there were 162,000 jobs added in August, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at a low 4.1 percent. The BLS noted that the average monthly gain over the previous 12 months has been 31,000. The total number of…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (359+ words) Inflation in July dipped below what experts predicted. The 3.4 percent rate for July was below projections of 3.5 percent from experts polled by The Wall Street Journal. The inflation rate was 3.5 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Inflation…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (713+ words) Many hospitals are destabilizing small businesses across America by exploiting a little-known federal charity care program to drive healthcare costs up. The 340B Drug Pricing Program was supposed to help safety-net hospitals serve vulnerable patients by letting them buy prescription medicines…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (582+ words) For two decades, the Federal Reserve has behaved less like a central bank and more like the nation’s emergency room physician, trauma counselor and part-time life coach. Markets sneeze, the Fed reaches for liquidity. Congress overspends, the Fed absorbs the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (370+ words) The roaring Trump economy shattered job growth expectations in May, according to new data. May’s jobs report shows that 172,000 jobs were added, according to Yahoo Finance. Unemployment remains at 4.3 percent. As noted by CNBC, that dwarfed predictions of 80,000 new jobs....

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (502+ words) The reality of the Trump economy smashed bleak projections to bits in April, according to new Department of Labor data. April’s jobs report shows that employers added 115,000 jobs, according to CBS News. Economists had gone all in on bleak and…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (354+ words) The national debt exceeded the size of the entire U.S. economy — marking the first time the grim milestone has been reached since World War II. The current national debt held by the public was $31.27 trillion on March 31, but nominal gross domestic…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (376+ words) The U.S. national debt exceeded the total amount of output from the entire economy as of March 31, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The country’s publicly held debt was $31.265 trillion, while the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the total value of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (741+ words) The national debt exceeded 100 percent of the gross domestic product at the end of March and is on a path to reach a level not seen since the end of World War II. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said…...