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Focus on labor-participation drop is a losing battle

June 8, 2018 at 6:29 p.m.

On the day the U.S. government reported that unemployment dropped to a nine-year low, Donald Trump's team turned the spotlight on a depressed participation rate to highlight weakness that the...

Pedestrians carry shopping bags while walking through the Grand Prairie Premium Outlets mall in Grand Prairie, Texas, on May 23, 2016.

Americans’ spending seen solid through latest overseas turmoil

June 10, 2018 at 11:16 a.m.

The famed American consumer stands between Brexit and a pronounced slowdown in U.S. economic growth. Thank goodness. Households have plenty of wind at their backs to sail through the shock...

In this Friday, June 12, 2015, photo, grocery shoppers browse an aisle at a local grocery store in the Little Havana area of Miami. On Friday, April 29, 2016, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending, which accounts for roughly 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.

Spending rises less than forecast as Americans boost savings

June 10, 2018 at 4:59 p.m.

Consumer spending rose less than forecast in March, wrapping up the weakest quarter in a year for the biggest part of the U.S. economy even as incomes accelerated. Purchases picked...

Home prices again off in 20 metro areas

August 21, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

The price of homes in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell in November for a fourth month, a private report showed. The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index dropped 0.4 percent in the month...

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