by - June 25, 2012 2:48 pm
BLOOMBERG — As the U.S. government’s regulatory bureaucracy has ballooned, one agency has been left behind: The office that oversees the regulators themselves. The BGOV (Bloomberg Government) Barometer shows the…
by - June 21, 2012 2:24 pm
BLOOMBERG — More Americans than forecast filed claims for jobless benefits and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region shrank, adding to evidence the U.S. economic expansion is weakening. Applications for unemployment…
by - June 20, 2012 2:42 pm
BLOOMBERG — The Federal Reserve will expand its program to replace short-term bonds with longer-term debt by $267 billion through the end of 2012 as policy makers lowered their outlook…
by - June 19, 2012 5:23 pm
BLOOMBERG — Builders broke ground on more single-family houses for a third consecutive month in May and rising construction permits pointed to further gains, showing the residential real-estate market is…
by - June 18, 2012 3:16 pm
Could a collapse of the Greek economy, which is just a little larger than the economy of Washington state in terms of GDP, really push the U.S. into another recession?…
by - June 15, 2012 10:40 am
BLOOMBERG — Confidence among U.S. consumers declined in June to the lowest level this year as the labor market showed few signs of improving. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index…
by - June 14, 2012 2:44 pm
BLOOMBERG — President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney went head-to-head today in trying to define the choice before voters in speeches delivered from opposite ends of the battleground…
by - June 13, 2012 11:52 am
BLOOMBERG — Retail sales in the U.S. fell in May for a second month, prompting economists to cut forecasts for economic growth as limited job and income gains hold back…
by - June 8, 2012 2:04 pm
BLOOMBERG — U.S. chief executive officers are turning more pessimistic about a second-half recovery as rising unemployment and Europe’s debt turmoil threaten domestic growth prospects. CEOs from General Motors Co….
by - June 7, 2012 3:55 pm
BLOOMBERG — Household wealth in the U.S. climbed in the first quarter by the most in seven years, bolstered by a jump in stocks prices and more stable home values….
by - June 6, 2012 2:13 pm
BLOOMBERG — The Federal Reserve said today that the U.S. economy maintained a moderate pace of growth as factory output rose and the real-estate market improved. “Overall economic activity expanded…
by - June 4, 2012 3:32 pm
BLOOMBERG — The U.S. economy looks set to deliver a repeat performance in 2012: for the third straight year, it may suffer a swoon yet not slip into a recession….
by - June 1, 2012 2:05 pm
BLOOMBERG — The American jobs engine sputtered in May as employers added the fewest workers in a year and the unemployment rate rose, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama’s…
by - May 31, 2012 7:16 pm
BLOOMBERG — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to a one-month high and companies hired fewer workers than forecast, casting doubt on the vigor of the labor…
by - May 30, 2012 5:54 pm
BLOOMBERG — The number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously owned homes fell in April by the most in a year, indicating the U.S. housing recovery remains uneven. The…
by - May 29, 2012 6:02 pm
BLOOMBERG — Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly fell in May to the lowest level in four months as optimism about employment prospects faded. The Conference Board’s index decreased to 64.9…
by - May 25, 2012 4:41 pm
BLOOMBERG — For the latest sign of a U.S. housing rebound, Toll Brothers Inc. Chief Executive Officer Douglas Yearley points to Hoboken, New Jersey: A couple torn between two condos…
by - May 24, 2012 9:35 pm
BLOOMBERG — Companies placed fewer orders for computers, machinery and other capital equipment in April for a second month, indicating manufacturing in the U.S. is cooling. Bookings for non-military goods…
by - May 21, 2012 3:32 pm
BLOOMBERG — The declining U.S. jobless rate may soon get another push downward as Americans lose extended unemployment benefits. From April 7 through May 12, about 370,000 Americans in 23…
by - May 16, 2012 6:01 pm
BLOOMBERG — Housing starts and industrial production exceeded forecasts in April, pointing to strength in the U.S. economy at the start of the second quarter. Starts rose 2.6% to a…
