by William Mathis | May 23, 2017 | Durable Goods, Economy, Featured, Jobs, Newest
Five years ago, Rishvanth Kora, 31, was about to finish a graduate program in electrical engineering at the University of Kentucky, when he finally got a job offer. The Fortune 500 manufacturing company Cummins wanted a worker with an advanced engineering degree badly...
by Milana Vinn | May 16, 2017 | Economy, Jobs, Newest, Retail Sales
Over the past five years, the U.S. created more than a million retail jobs. Now many of them are going to disappear and the workers who are jettisoned will face difficult career decisions. Retail jobs declined by 50,000 in the past year and the number is almost...
by William Mathis | May 6, 2017 | Economy, Jobs, Newest
American employers accelerated hiring in March, which marked an historic 79 straight months of job growth and inched the economy closer to full employment. The economy added 211,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate stayed about the same, at 4.4 percent,...
by Teddy Grant | Apr 30, 2017 | Autos, Durable Goods, Economy, Jobs, Newest, Personal Income
For the first two months of 2017, personal income rose 0.4 percent in a sign that consumers are earning more. On Monday, The Bureau of Economic Analysis will release its Personal Income and Outlays report and many analysts are predicting an increase of 0.3 percent,...
by Teddy Grant | Apr 7, 2017 | Economy, Jobs, Newest
The U.S. is expected to continue its record streak on job growth for March, as the economy barrels toward full employment and maintains a low unemployment rate. Economists believe that the U.S. economy will add around 200,000 jobs in March, signaling a strong economy...