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U.S. home sales fall 4.9% in slow start to spring buying season

The drop followed an 11.2% gain the previous month

  • April 22, 2019 April 22, 2019
  • 13:43

Hiring rebounds as U.S. employers add a solid 196,000 jobs

The unemployment rate remained at 3.8%

  • April 5, 2019 April 8, 2019
  • 12:23

U.S. home price gains fall to lowest in more than 6 years

Housing starts slumped to 8.7% in February

  • March 26, 2019 April 8, 2019
  • 10:10

U.S. economy adds 304,000 jobs in January

Gain illustrates job market’s durability during decade-long expansion

  • February 1, 2019 April 8, 2019
  • 13:56

U.S. hiring surge leads to 313,000 new jobs in February

U.S. employers went on a hiring binge in February, adding 313,000 jobs, the most in any month since July 2016, and drawing hundreds of thousands of people into the job market. The Labor Department said wage gains, meanwhile, fell from January to 2.6% year-over-year. Strong hourly wage growth had spooked markets last month because it […]

  • March 9, 2018 April 8, 2019
  • 09:05

Growth slows in half the U.S.: Fed survey

Weakness in housing and manufacturing

  • July 27, 2011 July 27, 2011
  • 14:43

U.S. economic growth cut sharply to 1.6% in second quarter

Wider trade gap as imports surge

  • August 27, 2010 August 27, 2010
  • 07:55

U.S. economy adds 162,000 jobs in March

Unemployment rate holds at 9.7%

  • April 2, 2010 April 2, 2010
  • 08:06