Economic News

The U.S. Department of Commerce released data on real personal income, and the news was generally positive. Personal income increased 0.4 percent in June, the same increase as in ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2019, compared to 3.1 percent in...

The nation’s unemployment rate for June, 3.7 percent, was little changed from May the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Vermont had the lowest unemployment rat...

Median weekly earnings of the nation’s 117.6 million full-time wage and salary workers were $908 in the second quarter of 2019 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of L...

Industrial production was unchanged in June, according to the Federal Reserve. Increases for both manufacturing and mining offset a decline for utilities. However, for the second q...

The “U.S. Economy in a Snapshot” presented today by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals a healthy economy, but with some minor warning signals. Highlights of t...

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.2 percent from May to June, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. For the year, real a...

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.3 million for May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of job openings was little changed for total pr...