Month: January 29, 2020

In the fourth quarter of 2019, median weekly earnings of the nation’ s 118.3 million full-time wage and salary workers were $936, an increase of 4.0% from a year earlier ($90...

A new report by the state of Washington encourages moving from fuel taxes and transitioning to a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) system to fund the state’s highway system. The Washi...

Phillips Industries has promoted Michael Poschner to director of sales for Canada. Poschner joined Phillips Industries in 2000 as a sales manager for the Canadian market. Back then...

Multifactor productivity is calculated by dividing an index of real sectoral output by an index of combined units of labor input, capital services, and intermediate inputs. Multifa...

Transborder freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in November 2019: Total Transborder Freight: $99.0 billion of transborder freight moved ...

From December 2018 to December 2019, 26 states had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment. The largest job gains occurred in Texas (342,800...

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Jan. 28 announced fresh efforts to combat human trafficking in the transportation sector. “The U.S. Department of Transportation is commit...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 3 warning Jan. 27 recommending that all nonessential travel to China be avoided. Chinese health officials have ...

In December 2019, 15 states had unemployment rates that were significantly lower than the U.S. rate of 3.5%, 12 states and the District of Columbia had higher jobless rates, and 23...