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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...

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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 ...

Economic damage caused by oil spill may not go beyond the Gulf regionThe BP oil spill has hammered the fishing and tourism industries along the Gulf of Mexico. But it appears the economic damage to the rest of the nation will be ...

US consumers have been spending _ until now. Will the Euro-scare turn us into tightwads again?Europe has spooked stock investors. Will it spook shoppers, too?Lately Americans have started spending a bit more, giving a lift to the economy and confounding ...

Big drop in January home sales show housing market could falter after federal support ends Sales of previously owned homes plunged in January to their lowest level since summer, evidence that high unemployment and tight lending standards are undercutting the government's ...