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Jobless rate barely budges

State unemployment dropped incrementally in December and came out virtually flat for the year even as the national jobless rate showed marked...
NEW YORK (Jilian Mincer and Jonathan Spicer) - More than four years after the United States fell into recession, many Americans have resorted to ...
The pace of growth in retail sales slowed in November, but the overall trend was still up. We can debate the details of whether a lesser rate of...
Predictions that the economy will pick up are partially pinned on hopes that seasonal trends will lend a favorable hand toward the end of the year...

Moody's could lower 7,000 U.S. municipal ratings

0 Number of the day . 7,000. . That's how many U.S. municipal ratings will automatically be lowered by Moody's if the federal government loses its...
Fewer people sign up for unemployment benefits, capping a week of strong data on the economyBuoyed by a string of hopeful government reports on layoffs, factory production and consumer spending, economists are predicting that hiring and even housing will pick up in ...
Hammer and nails could be flying off the shelves next year if the predictions of one economic forecaster come true. Moody's Analytics anticipates that construction jobs will grow by nearly 27 percent across the state and 45 percent in the Tampa ...

New Fed Asset Buys May Not Help Much, But Options Limited

The jury is out on whether the Federal Reserve can kick the recovery into gear, but there's little doubt that the economy needs a jolt.. "The Fed is trying to prop up demand at a time when it's very weak ...
Americans in both the living room and the boardroom are growing more fearful about the economy, creating a Catch-22 for the job market: Shoppers won't spend until they feel more secure, and business won't hire until people start spending. "The ...