Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell
U.S. retail sales rose at a solid pace last month, a sign that consumers may be rebounding from weak spending in the first three months of the year and driving better economic growth. Retail sales increased 0.3% in April, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, down from a 0.8% gain in March, which was revised higher. […]
The pace of hiring has yet to be disrupted, though qualified job applicants are harder to find
U.S. manufacturers say the pace of their expansion continued to slow in April, with many factories saying their output is still growing but is crimped by shortages of workers and skills. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, reported Tuesday that its manufacturing index fell to 57.3% last month from March’s […]
January to March increase in growth was better than expected.
The central bank is sizing up conflicting signs about how well the economy is doing
And they're all warmer than Canada
Federal regulators have offered to resolve a host of investigations into the consumer banking giant
Effect of large losses has experts considering how to protect savings
“Markets have swung from euphoria over [U.S.] tax cuts to the protectionism pits.” So says TD senior economist Leslie Preston in a weekly economics report, referring to last week’s market performance. The poor showing was in response to the U.S. announcement to impose tariffs of 25% on up to US$60 billion of Chinese imports. Read: […]