Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: blog, economy, high-speed rail, Hot Topics, Ingeteam, Innovation Park, Pabst Farms, Rail, Ryan, Talgo, Tower Automotive
By Sean Ryan
staff writer
Signs of life for the state’s construction industry are popping up everywhere as we head into spring.
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: Beige Book, Bunning, economy, Fed, Federal Reserve, jobs, Labor Department, unemployment
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — New claims for jobless benefits fell last week in a sign that layoffs may be easing as the U.S. economy slowly recovers.
The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for unemployment insurance fell by 29,000 to a seasonally adjusted 469,000. That nearly matches Wall Street analysts’ estimates [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: Beige Book, economy, Fed, Federal Reserve
By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Highlights from the Federal Reserve’s survey of economic conditions nationwide. The survey, released Wednesday and known as the Beige Book, is based on information collected from the Fed’s 12 regional bank districts.
CHICAGO (Region covers Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and parts of Illinois and Indiana.)
Economic activity improved at a moderate [...]
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: credit, economy, Society for Human Resources Management
By KATHLEEN MILLER
Associated Press Writer
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — It’s hard to find a job in this economy, and now some people are facing another hurdle because potential employers are holding their credit histories against them.
Sixty percent of employers recently surveyed by the Society for Human Resources Management say they run credit checks on at least [...]
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: Campbell Communications, economy, federal government, Fla., Greenwood King Properties, Homeowners, Houston, Inside Mortgage Finance, Moody's Economy.com, Mortgage Bankers Association, StarLight Realty, Tampa, tax credit, Tax Policy Center, unemployment
By Adrian Sainz
AP Real Estate Writer
It sounded like a great idea three months ago: Hand homeowners a $6,500 tax credit to find a new place to live, giving a thrust of energy to the housing market’s recovery.
So far, people are staying put.
In November, the federal government extended a tax credit of up to $8,000 for [...]
Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: Commerce Department, economy, GDP, income, National Association for Business Economics, spending
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Personal spending jumped by a larger amount than expected in January but Americans’ incomes barely budged as millions of Social Security recipients did not get their usual cost of living boost.
The weak income growth could depress spending in the months ahead, acting as a further drag on the [...]
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: economy, Fed, Federal Reserve, jobs, unemployment
By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve expects unemployment will stay high over the next two years because recession-scarred Americans are likely to stay cautious, making for only a moderate-paced economic recovery.
Fed policymakers said in a forecast released Wednesday that it will take “some time” for the economy and the jobs market [...]
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: Colliers Turley Martin Tucker, commercial real estate, economy, Minneapolis, recovery
By Burl Gilyard
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — There’s an abiding belief that a new year means new hope and better times.
The general hope is that a new calendar translates into a better business climate.
Indeed, there seem to be ripples of optimism out there in local commercial real estate circles.
Sure, brokers will tell you that there’s been [...]
Published: February 2, 2010
Tags: banks, economy, jobs, Obama, small business, TARP
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s bid to sell his economic agenda and re-energize voters picks up in politically significant New Hampshire, where he will again promote an idea to free up money for small businesses that are hurting.
Obama travels to Nashua, N.H., on Tuesday to draw attention to a proposal [...]
Published: January 30, 2010
Tags: economy, GOP, jobs, Obama
By CHARLES BABINGTON and JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is shifting his administration’s emphasis to battling unemployment, the scourge that is hurting households nationwide and threatening to inflict heavy losses on Democrats in November’s elections.
In the process, he and his allies in Congress intend to force Republicans, through a series of [...]
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