Can job market sustain its gains? Uncertainties cloud future.
Layoffs are slowing, unemployment is declining and hiring is gradually rising, suggesting that a steady rebound may be afoot in the U.S. job market.
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Coronavirus exposes sharp economic divide: College vs. non-college
For an American workforce under continuing threat from the coronavirus, the best protection might just be a college degree.
US retail sales plunged a record 16% in April as coronavirus hit
U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened stores across the country and weighed down...
U.S. economy unlikely to recover as rapidly as it collapsed
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Fact check: Democrats skew health care, Iraq facts in debate
Democratic presidential contenders stretched beyond the facts on policy and sometimes on their own records Friday in their New Hampshire debate.
State of the Union fact check: Trump鈥檚 exaggerated “great American comeback”
The "great American comeback” President Donald Trump claimed in his State of the Union speech drew on falsehoods about U.S. energy supremacy, health care and the economy as well as...
“Just too much”: Meet the uber-rich who want a wealth tax
When the grand vacation homes of Newport Beach were empty on a beautiful Memorial Day weekend, Molly Munger decided it was time for the U.S. to consider taxing wealth.
White House insists fundamentals of U.S. economy “very strong”
The "fundamentals" of the U.S. economy are solid, the White House asserted, invoking an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession could imperil President...
Trump says he鈥檒l put 10% tariffs on remaining China imports
President Donald Trump intensified pressure Thursday on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports...
Young homebuyers scramble as prices rise faster than incomes
SALT LAKE CITY -- For millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock.