by dankeelan | Oct 28, 2025 | Featured, U.S. Economy
When it comes to setting monetary policy for the world’s largest economy, what data drives decision-making? In ordinary times, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and voting members of the Federal Open Market Committee, which usually meets eight times a year, have a...
by dankeelan | Oct 28, 2025 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
Shares of United Parcel Service Inc. powered higher Tuesday, after the package-delivery giant reported third-quarter earnings that beat expectations by the widest margin in years and said it cut a lot more jobs than it previously said were planned. The company...
by dankeelan | Oct 21, 2025 | Future of Work, U.S. Economy
Your future colleagues may be increasingly based in other time zones. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order in September that slapped a fee of $100,000 on every new H-1B visa, the tech industry collectively panicked and scrambled. Most tech...
by dankeelan | Oct 21, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Trump, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given...
by dankeelan | Oct 7, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, U.S. Economy
With official data on hold due to the government shutdown, economists are turning to private reports, and the early signs, according to Moody’s, aren’t good. “This data shows that the job market is weak and getting weaker,” Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark...
by dankeelan | Sep 30, 2025 | Jobs, U.S. Economy
Consumers turned more pessimistic in September as perceptions of the labor market and current business conditions weakened, the Conference Board said on Tuesday. The business organization’s overall index fell by 3.6 points to 94.2, weaker than had been forecast, with...
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