Economy

The trend of low productivity growth suggests businesses are not yet pumping money into the type of spending that will sustain higher economic growth and future earnings growth, potentially causing longer term problems for the […]

Here’s a breakdown of the biggest numbers in Friday’s nonfarm payroll report for April: 1. The good: The unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent during the month, the lowest level since December 2000, while black […]

California last had the world’s fifth largest economy in 2002 but fell as low as 10th in 2012 following the Great Recession. Since then, the largest U.S. state has added 2 million jobs and grown […]