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Stripping out the cost of imported energy, imports are about 4.5% more expensive than at the same time last year.

Neutral shades reign supreme right now. Here’s why the “color recession” may outlast other interior design trends.

Target, TJX Companies (parent of TJ Maxx and Marshalls), and Walmart all report earnings this week.

Pending home sales and housing starts are down. Meanwhile, mortgage rates hover above 6.5%.

The family-owned Backwards Distilling Company decided to open a second location in Wyoming this year, despite an uncertain market.

The closures may turn out to be a problem when the size of the herd bounces back.

Have you ever gotten mail addressed to a strange business, instead of to you? Thousands of Colorado residents have reported their addresses are being used to register fake companies.

“It leaves some things out, but it is a very good gauge of the health of an economy,” said Allison Schrager, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist at Bloomberg Opinion.

China’s consumers are spending less. A slowdown could be on the horizon.

Consumer sentiment tumbled in early August, according to the University of Michigan survey. July retail sales were down more than half a percent from June, and AAA reports the nationwide average gas price neared a record high for August.