USDA temporarily allows new avian flu vaccine for chickens
Feb 17, 2025
More than 150 million birds affected in U.S.
Prices up 2.6% in December from a year before
Feb 3, 2025
Americans spent 2.6% more on goods and services in December than they did a year before, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Friday. Excluding food and energy, […]
Former President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies in hospice care
Dec 30, 2024
Carter was oldest living president in U.S. history.
Inflation slowed slightly in September, report says
Oct 11, 2024
Drop comes after Federal Reserve reduces interest rates.
Report: Employers added slightly more jobs in August
Sep 7, 2024
Unemployment rate increased incrementally from April to July.
Bureau of Labor reports job market still slowing down
Sep 5, 2024
Federal Reserve signals it would cut key interest rates to spur economy.
Americans spending more as interest rate cuts loom
Aug 30, 2024
Federal Reserve announced recently it would soon lower key interest rates.
Fed ready to cut interest rates, says inflation slowing
Aug 26, 2024
Announcement comes after recent reports show decrease in workers hired, unemployment rises.
Correction to jobs report weakens economic outlook
Aug 22, 2024
Labor Department job report estimates counted 818,000 jobs that don't exist.
Retail sales increase in July, government report says
Aug 15, 2024
U.S. Census Bureau reports sales increase 1 percent from June.
Markets crater after Friday’s jobs report
Aug 5, 2024
Four straight months of U.S. unemployment rates rising leads to Asian market crashes.
U.S. report shows job market stuck in slowdown
Aug 5, 2024
Number of unemployed people rose around 350,000 to 7.2 million in July.
Report states Americans’ spending increased slightly in June
Jul 29, 2024
The Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday estimated that Americans spent roughly $58 billion, or 0.3%, more in June than they did in May. Americans saw higher prices […]
Trump survives apparent assassination attempt
Shooter, bystander killed at Pennsylvania rally.
U.S. study finds 2 in 5 adult cancer cases preventable
Jul 12, 2024
American Cancer Society points to smoking, obesity, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity as leading causes.
Annual inflation cools to 3 percent, government reports
Jul 12, 2024
Federal Reserve refuses to lower interest rates.
U.S. business hiring slows, according to June report
Jul 8, 2024
U.S. Department of Labor reports new hires down 66,000 in May.
U.S. inflation rate stays higher than goal, government reports
Jun 12, 2024
Interest rates to remain around 5.25 to 5.5 percent.
FBI reports decrease in violent crime in first quarter of 2024
Jun 12, 2024
Violent crime reportedly down 15%, homicide rates drop by 26% since first quarter of 2023.
U.S. economy adds more than 270,000 jobs in May
Jun 10, 2024
Federal Reserve refrains from lowering interest rates.
CDC reports U.S. drug overdose deaths drop for first time in 5 year
May 20, 2024
Overdose deaths dropped by three percent in 2023.
Federal Reserve maintains interest rates for sixth straight meeting
May 2, 2024
Federal Reserve reports no confidence in inflation decreasing.