Home » Economy
Target To Hire 100,000 Workers for 2017 Holiday Season
The US economy might be in a bit of a slow, stagnant recovery right now but that doesn’t mean your holidays have to follow suit. If you have been looking for a job—especially for any uncertain length of time—you are probably... More of this article »
Job Growth Better Than Expected In US
The United States Department of Labor has released its jobs report to show that the American economy added 222,000 jobs in the month of June. That is well above what many analysts had expected and is surely good news as the end of... More of this article »
Blue Cross Announces That It Is Exiting Individual Obamacare Exchanges In Kansas City
Blue KC, or Blue Cross of Kansas City, has announced that it can no longer handle losses that it has had to bear by providing individual Obamacare plans. The insurer that is based in Kansas City disclosed that in 2018 it will not renew... More of this article »
Trump And Putin Discuss Syrian Civil War In A Phone Call
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the president of the United States, Donald Trump, talked on the phone on Tuesday, marking the first instance the two leaders were speaking since the U.S. military fired missiles into a Syrian... More of this article »
President Trump to Release Federal Tax Plan on Wednesday
We can expect the White House to release, this coming Wednesday “broad principles and priorities” of their new plans to overhaul federal taxes in the US, according to a White House. This downplays expectations that the Trump administration... More of this article »
Retail Sales Slump in March on Consumer Caution
New data shows that Americans might be getting a little more frugal as spending at auto dealers and restaurants dipped a little, in March. This caused the whole of retail sales numbers to drop, too, even though the labor market is... More of this article »