Tag: Economy
Ten years after the economy fell apart
The last recession was deemed after the fact to have begun in December 2007. It’s more accurate to say that the previous economic recovery...
The big picture
Do you believe the national economy will improve, stay the same or decline over the next 12 months?
Stay the same 57.1%
Improve 28.6%
Decline 14.3%
Do you...
Pressure on households grows
Is the U.S. economy enjoying a honeymoon, or is this merely a hiatus? Although this isn’t a subject of discussion among most economists, there...
Cut corporate taxes to boost growth
Like so many things in Washington, the debate over the effects of cutting the corporate tax rate has become too hot for its own...
Immigration fuels economy
In response to President Donald Trump’s moves to curb immigration, economists and pundits have spilled a lot of ink on the topic of whether...
Behind seemingly positive employment data is structural weakness that in the...
Sean DeLong, 42, has applied for more than 800 jobs in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts since November 2015.
On average, he gets about one...
A warning sign for the economy?
Many economists and pundits take it on faith that weak business investment is a bad thing. It’s well-known that over the course of the...
Car sales key to job growth
The rubber is about to meet the road for the U.S. economy. An unlikely candidate, the auto sector, has emerged as the key piece...
A change of scenery for startups
Sometimes significant news doesn’t make much of a splash, and that was the case for a recent major transaction. PetSmart Inc. last month announced...
Tax cuts for rich don’t boost economy
Economists who lean toward the free-market side of the ideological spectrum often say that tax cuts help the U.S. economy by encouraging people to...
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