Tag: United States Economy

December Jobs Report: U.S. Added 199,000 Jobs

“We’re all sort of at the whims of these variants and surges…

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Fed Officials Discussed Raising Rates Sooner and Faster, Minutes Show

The minutes showed that both considerations weighed on policymakers’ minds as they…

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Supply Chain Woes Prompt a New Push to Revive U.S. Factories

When visitors arrive at the office of America Knits in tiny Swainsboro,…

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Job Openings Report Shows Record Number of Workers Quit in November

There are signs that the worst of the turbulence was beginning to…

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Democrats Blast Corporate Profits as Inflation Surges

Inflation remains rapid as the economy enters 2022, and Democrats have begun…

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Child Tax Credit’s Extra Help Ends, Just as Covid Surges Anew

That didn’t happen. Polls found the public roughly divided over whether the…

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Fed’s Moves in 2022 Could End the Stock Market’s Pandemic Run

For two years, the stock market has been largely able to ignore…

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What We Learned About the Economy in 2021

For people who study the vicissitudes of the economy, 2021 has been…

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What Social Trends Told Us About the American Economy in 2021

Burned-Out BoomersThis may also have been the year that “OK, Boomer” ceded…

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