
Economic Watch: American consumers opened their wallets a whole lot more in May, with consumer spending increasing the most in nearly six years.
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Two days before a government report on unemployment is set to be released, a report from a payroll processor shows 201,000 non-farm, private jobs were added in the U.S. during May, the biggest gain since January.
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An advance report shows both new orders and shipments for manufactured durable goods declined in April, but a key indicator increased for the second consecutive month.
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Economic activity in the nation’s service sector increased in April, according to two reports released on Tuesday.
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Growth in the U.S. service sector during April eased from a seven-month high in March, according to the financial information services provider Markit, but numbers still point to strong start to the second quarter.
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Two reports released Monday show the nation’s service sector continues increasing, albeit at different rates.
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Employment in the private sector increased again in February, but it was the weakest gain in six months.
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Consumer confidence fell this month from a more than seven-year high last month, according to a new report from the private research group The Conference Board.
Read More →Activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector continued growing in October, but not as fast as the month before.
Read More →Both the trucking industry and the overall economy added jobs in September, pushing the unemployment rate down below 6% for the first time since July 2008 and hitting its lowest level in six years.
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