by Willa Rubin | May 18, 2018 | Economy, Featured, Jobs, Newest
When Cody Stevenson was medically discharged from the Marine Corps, he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. He didn’t like the medications he was given, and he self-medicated with alcohol. On a trip to Jamaica, he discovered that marijuana alleviated his...
by Sarah Min | May 16, 2018 | Economy, Featured, International Trade, Newest
Rex Bledsoe, 61, first heard about the U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods on a tour bus in Bogotá, Colombia. He was heading back to his hotel from a state-sponsored trade show for textiles, when another passenger shared the news to the suppliers and buyers on the bus....
by Carmen Reinicke | May 14, 2018 | Economy, Featured, Newest
A few years ago, Arlene Nieves, 34, was struggling to get by as the single mother of three young sons. Over half of the $300 a week she made working at Publix, a supermarket chain in Sarasota, Florida, went to paying for childcare. She received food stamps but still...
by Sarah Min | May 12, 2018 | Economy, International Trade, Newest
After a near decade high in February, the U.S. trade deficit fell in March, but mostly because of a spike in service imports from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The trade gap narrowed to $49 billion in March, falling $8.8 billion from $57.7 billion in February....
by Sharif Paget | May 7, 2018 | Economy, Featured, Jobs, Newest
The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 17 years in April as the economy’s record-shattering streak of adding jobs continued. Significant wage growth, however, remains elusive. The jobless rate crossed the 4 percent threshold and clocked in at 3.9, the...
by Willa Rubin | Apr 23, 2018 | Economy, Housing, Newest
Standard & Poors will release its Case-Shiller indices on Tuesday, which measure prices for existing single-family homes. The median economist estimate suggests a substantial 6.35 percent increase in home prices since last year on the 20-City Index, which...