US Economy

Bannon Is Out, but Economic Nationalism Still Thrives at the White House

By Linette Lopez, Business Insider

Just because Steve Bannon is out of the White House, doesn't mean that his ideas are gone — especially when it comes to economics.
More Good News on Jobs Gives the Fed a Green Light to Start Unwinding

By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a six-month low last week, pointing to a further tightening in the labor market that could encourage the Federal Reserve to lay...
The Walls Are Closing In as Allies Abandon Trump

By Rob Garver

Things have looked grim for Donald Trump’s future more than once in his relatively brief career as a politician. But on Wednesday, the cracks in the edifice of his public standing were really...
Household Debt in the US Just Hit an All-Time High

By Jonathan Spicer, Reuters

Americans' debt level notched another record high in the second quarter, after having earlier in the year surpassed its pre-crisis peak, on the back of modest rises in mortgage, auto and credit card...
Trump Is Headed for a Collision With the Auto Industry as NAFTA Talks Loom

By David Lawder, Reuters

The Trump administration has set a collision course with the auto industry as it launches renegotiations of the 23-year-old NAFTA trade pact this week, aiming to shrink a growing trade deficit with...

Here’s Why Trump Deserves Credit for the Stock Market Surge

By Liz Peek

As of Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had scored record highs for nine days in a row; the gains are driving anti-Trumpers crazy. Though the president’s boasts are not always accurate,...
Are You Rich? Tax Reform May Answer That Question for You

By YLAN Q. MUI, CNBC

Whether to raise taxes on the rich is one of the thorniest issues in tax reform. Underlying that debate is an even more fundamental question: Who exactly qualifies as wealthy? Everyone can agree that...
A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over

By Jacqueline Leo

A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
Is Wage Growth Finally Coming for American Workers?

By Jeff Cox, CNBC

Wage growth has been the missing link throughout a period that has produced more than 18.5 million new jobs, including 209,000 in July. But Amy Glaser, who helps run Adecco Staffing, believes the...
Trump May Be in a Legislative Slump, but His Energy Agenda Is Getting Lots of Hits

By Tom DiChristopher, CNBC

President Donald Trump may be fuming over Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, but he can certainly take solace in the GOP's swift overhaul of the Obama administration's energy and...

Documents show 1990s effort to 'humanize' Hillary Clinton

By John Whitesides and Will Dunham, Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aides in former President Bill Clinton's White House crafted a strategy to "humanize" then-first lady Hillary Clinton and work around her "aversion" to the national media,...
Buffett letter could show Berkshire winning streak over

By Luciana Lopez, Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A five-year bull market may have finally outdueled one of the U.S. stock market's biggest bulls, and Warren Buffett will probably tell investors on Saturday that his 43-year run...
Why Are Companies Just Sitting on Mountains of Cash?

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

We all should be feeling a little richer these days. The stock market has reversed the losses it suffered at the height of the most recent emerging markets scare, with the S&P 500 index breaking...
Obama warns Putin against military intervention in Ukraine

By Steve Holland and Alessandra Prentice, Reuters

WASHINGTON/SIMFEROOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has warned Russia against any military intervention in Ukraine after the country's new leaders accused Moscow of deploying forces...
GDP Growth in Fourth Quarter Cut to 2.4 Percent

By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

The U.S. government slashed its estimate for fourth-quarter growth as consumer spending and exports were less robust than initially thought, leaving the economy on a more sustainable path of modest...

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