While some economists shrugged off news that U.S. hiring slowed in March as a one-month aberration warped by warm weather, others factors indicate that those numbers should not be taken for granted. Economists very “reasonably” attempted to explain away the bad March numbers. Unseasonably warm weather, they said, led construction companies and other employers...
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Economic Risk According to the most recent outlook published by the IMF “The U.S. economy has gained ‘some traction’…with some risks more balanced, but still tending to the downside given fiscal uncertainty, weakness in the real estate market, and potential spillovers from Europe.” There...
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Federal Reserve policymakers are worried that apparent recent gains in hiring could fizzle if U.S. economic growth doesn’t pick up. But there’s no widespread support for additional bond purchases, even if the economy worsens. The Fed stuck with its plan to keep interest rates...
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The U.S. job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economy’s growth prospects. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more...
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The United States now holds the dubious distinction of having the developed world’s highest corporate tax rate after Japan’s drops to 38.01 percent. Japan and the United States have...
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Attention all those that think the U.S. economy is coming back anytime soon – according to TrimTabs, a leading independent institutional research firm focused on the supply and demand of...
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