Published: April 26, 2013
Tags: consumer spending, economy, home construction
U.S. economic growth accelerated to an annual rate of 2.5 percent from January through March, buoyed by the strongest consumer spending in more than two years. Government spending fell, though, and tax increases and federal budget cuts could slow growth later this year.
Published: November 8, 2012
Tags: economy, election, jobs, Obama, smal business
President Barack Obama’s successful re-election to a second term is sinking in. No matter who small business owners voted for, the election takes away some of the uncertainty that small business owners have been carrying around. The question is whether Obama can satisfy those who say he hasn’t done enough to help them expand and create jobs.
Published: November 5, 2012
Tags: economy, Institute for Supply Management, manufacturing, non-manufacturing activity
U.S. service companies grew at a slightly slower pace in October than September because of a decline in new orders. But a measure of employment rose, indicating services firms hired more.
Published: September 21, 2012
Tags: economy, Randy Crump
Years after graduating as an engineer, I still occasionally miss the mental rigors of calculus and differential equations.
Published: September 20, 2012
Tags: economy, housing market, recession
Five years after the housing bust, the U.S. economy is showing signs of finally bottoming out.
Published: September 3, 2012
Tags: economy, jobs, Obama
Republicans and Democrats jockeyed for economic high ground in a Labor Day warm-up to the Democratic National Convention, with Republican Mitt Romney labeling the holiday “another day of worrying” for too many Americans anxious about finding a job. Supporters of President Barack Obama worked to put a glossy sheen on economic progress after offering a more muddled message over the weekend.
Published: August 29, 2012
Tags: Commerce Department, economy, jobs
The U.S. economy grew at a tepid 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, suggesting growth will stay weak in the second half of the year.
Published: August 27, 2012
Tags: Bucyrus, economy, jobs, Operating Engineers Local 139, Paul Farrow, Southeast Wisconsin Carpentry Training Center, Tim Sullivan
Wisconsin economic development leaders have lauded former Bucyrus International Inc. CEO Tim Sullivan’s recommendations on closing the skills gap, a shortage of qualified labor that has hit Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector especially hard.
Published: August 24, 2012
Tags: economy, jobs, recession
The U.S. economic recovery hasn’t felt much like one even for people who managed to find new jobs after being laid off. Most of them have had to settle for less pay.
Published: June 20, 2012
Tags: economy, Federal Reserve, interest rates, jobs, Operation Twist
The Federal Reserve is extending a program designed to drive down long-term interest rates to spur borrowing and spending.
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