The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted at the opening bell on Monday, sinking by more than 1,800 points and triggering a “circuit breaker” on the…
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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark lending rate by one-quarter of a point on Wednesday, marking the second time this year it has reduced rates…
The federal government will rack up $12.2 trillion in deficits through 2029, according to a new projection from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an…
U.S. stock markets had their worst drop of the year Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 800 points, or 3 percent. The U.S….
The Dow Jones index fell more than 400 points Wednesday morning after bond markets flashed a troubling indicator of an impending recession. The phenomenon, known…
The U.S. added 164,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department reported Friday, a positive sign amid concerns about the long term health of the economy….
The Federal Reserve cut the interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, marking the first such reduction in 11 years and providing…
The economy added an anemic 75,000 jobs in May, amid ongoing trade tensions with China and Mexico and a global economic slowdown. The unemployment rate…
The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy picked up steam in the first three months of the year. That’s a significant turnaround from expectations six weeks…
The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record last month, amid falling corporate and individual tax revenue and increasing federal spending. The budget…
The economy gained a 20,000 jobs in February, indicating that the nation’s 10-year economic expansion has potentially hit a speed bump. Monthly employment data released…
Federal employees went back to work Monday after the longest shutdown in government history — but the economic effects will be felt for a long…
The economy added a total of 250,000 jobs during the month of October. The monthly jobs report released Friday by the Department of Labor also…
September was a milestone in the remarkable rebound that followed the fall of Lehman Brothers 10 years ago: eight straight years of monthly job growth….
By Robert Farley – Factcheck.org The GOP cherry-picked states with the largest number of job gains this year to promote its claim that “GOP tax cuts…
The U.S. economy grew by an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter, marking the fastest pace since 2014. President Donald Trump called…
By Brooks Jackson – Factcheck.org Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office. Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in…
The latest job report marks the 93rd straight month that the U.S. economy gained jobs, the longest recorded streak. The numbers were larger than the…
The U.S. economy added a robust 223,000 jobs in the month of May, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Labor, and the…
By Eugene Kiely – Factcheck.org The number of job openings has been rising since mid-2009, contrary to President Donald Trump’s boast that under his stewardship “all…