Financial markets are flashing some big warning signs of an approaching recession, and the global economy is weakening as the U.S.-China trade war intensifies.

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Although the common site of construction cranes in Milwaukee's downtown no doubt lead most observers to conclude the city is well on its way to recovering from the Great Recession, other cities got off to much more of a head start in this regard.

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Wisconsin's local economic development groups began to feel the impact of the Great Recession in 2009, a recent analysis of public records found.

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The U.S. unemployment rate has plunged since the start of last year to a five-year low of 6.1 percent. And the July jobs report being released Friday will likely show a sixth straight month of healthy 200,000-plus gains. Yet for Douglas Hunter and millions like him, happy days aren't quite here again.

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The long night of recession for subdivision development is showing signs of approaching dawn in Wisconsin.

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U.S employers have more job openings than at any other time in nearly five years. Yet they seem in no hurry to fill them.

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It's a staple of every presidential election, a single question that puts the incumbent's record on trial and asks American voters to be the jurors.

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A few years ago I wrote an article, “Demographics, Development and Demand,” in which I predicted a return of the housing market by late 2010. Well, we all make mistakes.

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Five years after the housing bust, the U.S. economy is showing signs of finally bottoming out.

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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.

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