U.S. Economy
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Asians remain the largest immigrant arrivals in the U.S. since 2010
Asians have overtaken Latin Americans as the biggest group of foreign-born residents arriving in the United States since a surge in the number of foreign-born arrival from the largest continent beginning in 2010. The top three...October 1, 2018 1613 0 -
U.S. added 223,000 jobs in May; unemployment down to 3.8%
Wall Street New Yok, Photo: SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons The United States economy added 223,000 jobs in May, indicating strength of the market and growth while unemployment rate fell down to 3.8 percent. Releasing the latest job...June 1, 2018 1478 0 -
The Arts Vitality: Adding $763 billion to the U.S. economy per year
Image: Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak, 1863 via Wikipedia America’s lively art scene is not just a source of aesthetic enjoyment but it is contributing to the national economy in a massive way– more than agriculture,...March 27, 2018 1215 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 1569 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 1810 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 1105 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 1191 0 -
Minority-owned businesses add over $1 trillion to U.S. economic output annually
Photo: Naturalization ceremony in Grand Canyon, Credit: Grand Canyon National Park/Wikimedia Commons American minority-owned businesses are contributing more than one $ 1 trillion in annual economic output, the White House said Tuesday as President Donald Trump...October 25, 2017 1301 0 -
U.S. economy continues to grow despite hurricanes, some disruptions
Federal Hall and George Washington statue, NYC, Photo Musik Animal/ Wikimedia Commons The U.S. economy grew at a pace split between modest and moderate during September and early October while some areas reported major disruptions ffrom...October 19, 2017 1146 0 -
Dreamers and the US: Between the price and the cost
Photo I, Laslovarga/Wikimedia Commons The cloud hanging over the future of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – which allows nearly 800,000 Dreamers to study and work in the United States – has touched off a...September 10, 2017 13130 0
