Economy News

This report examines the dynamics driving the country’s growth and anticipates the challenges ahead as attention shifts from preventing overheating to the likely consequences of a slowdown in global growth in the final stages of 2010 and 2011 on Latin America’s largest economy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Economists say the U.S. recovery continued during the second quarter of this year with more businesses hiring workers and fewer cutting jobs, but the pace of growth has slowed, a new survey shows. The ...

Heading into Tuesday’s primary elections for governor, Rob Hainer is looking for the answer to just one question: Who is going to bring jobs to Georgia? Candidates who focus on immigration, gay rights or anything else ...

SEATTLE — Alice Lawson dropped her gym membership in early 2009 to save money and prepare for a possible job loss. Rather than let herself go, she took up running and completed her first half-marathon last month in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers are having second thoughts about the recovery. Shoppers are losing confidence, becoming more concerned about low pay and a weak job market than about bargains. And their worries are ...

ST. PAUL — If they are Democrats, they must be talking about jobs. Creating jobs traditionally is a key DFL campaign issue, and the 2010 governors’ primary race is no exception. The three major candidates ...

Heading into Tuesday's primary elections for governor, Rob Hainer is looking for the answer to just one question: Who is going to bring jobs to Georgia? Candidates who focus on immigration, gay rights or anything else ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A burrito company known for super-sized stuffed tortillas goes small. A chocolatier turns to cheaper pick-me-ups rather than expensive indulgences. A furniture retailer expands in the midst of the ...

President Obama travels to Michigan today to try and reinforce the message that this is a "Recovery Summer." With high unemployment, the housing market rolling over and the stock market stumbling until the past week, it ...

More Americans expect the U.S. economy to improve rather than decline in the next six months, according to a survey by a financial planning group. Forty-four per cent of respondents said the economy will get better ...