Economic News

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.4 million on the last business day of April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the 12 months ending in Apr...

Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment contin...

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced today that April exports were $206.8 billion, $4.6 billion less than March exports. April imports were $257.6 billion, $5.7 b...

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 3.4 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today, as output increased 3.9 pe...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May, and the overall economy grew for the 121st consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Chain Managem...

A new report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) compares the buying power across major metropolitan areas (“regional price parities”). Regional Price Parities m...

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.1% in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP in...

An article in PayScale provides guidelines on how to determine which skills are worth paying a premium for. Their compensation framework places each skill into one of four categori...

Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 306 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 57 areas, and unchanged in 26 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...