Marketplace Stories

Demand for manufactured goods has grown during the pandemic, but new orders have been falling in recent months.

Sussex wineries receive a prestigious distinction, but a Kent winemaker dismisses the award as arbitrary, citing similar growing conditions.

Some private-sector sources are reporting that year-over-year rent increases slowed down in June. This could be good news for inflation, but not anytime soon.

Food inflation should make consumers eager for discounts. But the couponing tradition isn’t keeping up with changing times.

The economy is not where it needs to be on inflation, says Mary Daly, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

There are still almost two jobs open for every person looking for work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week.

Hurricane Irma damaged or destroyed already dilapidated trailer homes in Immokalee, Florida, in 2017. An effort to build permanent affordable housing is now getting off the ground.

“I’m taking a very, very big risk opening another retail location,” says Annie Lang Hartman, owner of the Michigan retail brand Wild Lettie.

In an excerpt from “The Fight to Save the Town,” the author describes how residents get by in an Oregon county with a declining government.

The retailer says it’s part of an effort to keep prices low for customers. That can be hard to do in the long term.