Latest in: U.S. Economy
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The 2017 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference & Facebook F8 2017, at the San Jose Convention Center. Image Credit: Minh...April 19, 2019
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A map showing China in red, Members of the AIIB in orange, the six corridors in black Image Credit:...September 2, 2018
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Trump: U.S. will no more be ‘piggy bank that everybody is robbing’
Photo: Screenshot/White House YouTube channel President Donald Trump has told major world economies that the United States is no more a “piggy bank that everybody is robbing” as he argued for fair trade with partners in...June 9, 2018 998 0 -
Trump picks Larry Kudlow as chief economic adviser
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons The U.S. economy continues to generate encouraging number of jobs and the stock market has also been responding optimistically to President Donald Trump’s promises of infrastructure revamp and tax reforms. But...March 15, 2018 1544 0 -
Trump says no backing down on steel tariffs
Sticking to his guns on the Administration’s approach to U.S. international trade, President Donald Trump Monday said he would not step back from his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. “No, we’re not backing...March 5, 2018 948 0 -
In a big year for retail, US holiday sales jump by 4.9%
Pentagon City Mall, Photo: Ben Schumin/Wikimedia Commons Signaling a strong consumer confidence, holiday sales in the United States jumped 4.9 percent this year in a new record for the amount of dollars spent. According to Mastercard...December 27, 2017 2180 0 -
Immigrant entrepreneurs founded 43% of 2017 Fortune 500 companies
Photo: Laslovarga/Wikimedia Commons In a year of fierce debate on immigration policies, a new analysis reveals that 43 percent of the 2017 Fortune top 500 companies were “founded or co-founded by an immigrant or the child...December 18, 2017 1783 0 -
Acosta says job growth linked to Trump’s policies
Downtown Dallas from the Trinity River Photo: Nthomas76207/Wikimedia Commons The Trump Administration is linking the job creation momentum with business optimism springing from the president’s pro-growth policies, noting that the U.S. economy has added 1.7 million...December 9, 2017 1085 0 -
U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October; unemployment lowest since 2000
Photo: Wall Street New York, Credit CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org The U.S. economy rebounded to grow in a range of sectors and added 261,000 jobs in October, reducing the the unemployment rate to 4.1 percent, the...November 3, 2017 1171 0