Economy

New orders for U.S.-made goods recorded their biggest increase in nearly a year in August, boosted by a surge in demand for aircraft, but signs of weakness in business spending on equipment suggested that the […]

President Donald Trump‘s corporate tax cut and his business deregulation efforts are not just an economic “sugar high,” former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh argued on CNBC Thursday. Most economists “never thought the economy could […]

There’s one wildcard in the works for this week’s report: Hurricane Florence, which thrashed the Carolinas and could be a principal factor should the payroll count miss expectations. Barclays economist Michael Gapen said Florence’s effects […]