Financial FAQs   “The conflict with Iran has already put fresh stress on the U.S. economy, as businesses are reporting rising prices, fewe...

 Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk September’s unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent but reported just 12,000 new payroll job...

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch.com Is US economy running out of available workers? Just 20,000 nonfarm payroll jobs wer...

Popular Economics Weekly MarketWatch.com Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 312,000 in December, and the unemploym...

Popular Economics Weekly Graph: Market.com Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 164,000 in April, and the unemploym...

Popular Economics Weekly The U.S. added 313,000 new jobs in February, the biggest gain in a year and a half and clear evidence that a ...

Popular Economics Weekly Nonfarm payrolls rose 178,000 in November to just beat out expectations with revisions no factor, says Econoda...

Popular Economics Weekly Are we approaching full employment will be the debate raging within the Federal Reserve and beyond this year....

Financial FAQs Today’s lower than predicted payroll creation of 173,000 jobs doesn’t change my prediction of higher jobs growth ahead. My ...

The Mortgage Corner The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index is the bell weather for real estate and home prices these days. It not only ...

Popular Economics Weekly It looks like the April unemployment report out on Friday could be gangbusters. Not only because U.S. winters hav...

Financial FAQs Friday’s Labor Dept. nonfarm payrolls report has just set a record for annual job creation. The U.S. added 252,000 new jobs...

The Mortgage Corner Home builders’ optimism is still high, though builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fel...

Popular Economics Weekly Calculated Risk’s Bill McBride has just come out with a noteworthy prediction. This could be the best year for p...

Popular Economics Weekly Why are stock prices rallying?  Maybe it’s because though housing price increases have slowed, consumer confidenc...

Financial FAQs Stocks and bonds are rallying, as it looks like inflation is still falling, rather than rising. This is good news for inves...

Popular Economics Weekly Jobless claims fell sharply in the May 24 week, down 27,000 to 300,000. The 4-week average is down a very sharp 1...

Financial FAQs Some have called it a Putin bond rally. Or it might be new Fed Chairperson Yellen’s determination to keep interest rates as...

Financial FAQs Is the Great Recession finally over? It would seem so with total nonfarm payroll employment up by 288,000, and the unemploy...