Economy

How consumers feel about the economy used to line up with how they spent. These days, not so much.

One major factor is that the population is aging — and therefore retiring out of the workforce. Another factor is the crackdown on immigration, since immigrant communities have some of the highest labor force participation rates.

As the United States turns 250, we reflect on the defining moments that have shaped the U.S. economy.

Innovations like sewing machines or word processors didn’t lead to mass unemployment. Instead, they changed jobs and spawned new businesses.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported just 57,000 new jobs in June. Economists had expected double that.

Wages are growing, but not as quickly as they were at this time last year, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It’s hard to get a raise when people aren’t changing jobs.

After a July 1 deadline passed to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, a new process begins to find a mutually acceptable deal.

Single-family home construction spending is down 4% from last May, according to new Census Bureau data, as elevated mortgage rates and affordability pressures drag down demand.

In the 1980s, about two in every three U.S. teenagers had paying jobs. Now, it's about one in three.

It’s human nature to procrastinate, but there are workarounds.