US consumer confidence rises as gas prices dip in August
The consumer confidence index rebounded in August as inflation moderated and gas prices fell.
By Associated Press - September 01, 2022The consumer confidence index rebounded in August as inflation moderated and gas prices fell.
By Associated Press - September 01, 2022The December jobs report from payroll company ADP surpassed economists’ expectations.
By Josh Axelrod - January 05, 2022Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell credits mass vaccination and relief bills.
By Josh Israel - April 12, 2021Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says, ‘the recovery is far from complete.’
By Donna Provencher - March 25, 2021The country has 10 million fewer jobs than it did a year ago.
By Donna Provencher - March 04, 2021There are signs that the job market, for all its deep losses, might be set up for a fast hiring recovery.
By Associated Press - January 24, 2021The Republican senator from Maine complains about ‘a huge mistake,’ but doesn’t say who made it.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2020Trump recently declared that the economy had experienced ‘the greatest comeback in American history.’
By Emily Singer - June 11, 2020House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy doesn’t think the country needs more virus relief, even though more than 36 million Americans are out of work and experts predict the unemployment rate could surpass Great Depression levels.
By Emily Singer - May 19, 2020‘I think certain parts of the economy will find it very difficult to have really a lot of activity,’ Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said.
By Emily Singer - May 18, 2020Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Thursday the economy could be reopened in May.
By Josh Israel - April 09, 2020