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Discretionary spending may decline as people add those payments back into their budgets.

The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank had a lot of depositors worried about their own banks. While many moved their depositors to bigger institutions, bank deposits have been trending downward overall.

Opening new stores may be a way for some retailers to position themselves for both a downturn and a recovery.

Coal-fired electricity generation was down more than 25% and hit a first-quarter low in the U.S.

Reining in our debt amid the debt ceiling battle would require big — and painful — changes to government spending and taxation.

Employers need more skilled workers, and some technical and community colleges are getting more funding to train them.

Lisa Goldenberg, president of Delaware Steel Co., believes the labor shortage could be a long-term issue.

Some say U.K. membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will make up for any trade lost with the European Union after Brexit. But others have their doubts.

Livestock producers were hit so hard by winter weather that the federal government offered relief funding to producers in a few Western states. But some ranchers are still waiting for that option.

The push to “electrify everything” prompted the state to mandate a new fixed charge based on income, and the state’s investor-owned utilities are out with proposals.