Economic Indicators

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Economists expected the private sector to have added 160,000 jobs in December.

U.S. services companies grew more quickly in December than the previous month, a sign that the economy's steady expansion should continue.

Two Republicans and one Democrat voted against the trade deal, with 25 senators voting in favor.

The deficit fell 8.2 percent to $43.1 billion in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Sanna Marin has been serving as the country’s prime minister since December.

In December, the FOMC voted unanimously to hold the benchmark federal funds rate steady at 1.5 percent to 1.75 this year.

The list of states that are predicted to shrink this year increased from October.

Readings above 50 represent expansion in the manufacturing sector.

Residents leaving the states were heavily concentrated among the higher income brackets.

Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of the country’s GDP.

It's a positive signal for the U.S. labor market amid recent signs that new claims may be trending slightly higher.

Current conditions improved in December as expectations declined, the Conference Board said.

Home prices are on the rise per Case-Shiller.

The manufacturing reading indicated expansion.

Last year military pay increased by 2.6 percent.

Signings rose 7.4 percent versus a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said.

The ratio of unemployed people to job openings is less than 1-to-1, compared to a decade ago, when it was 6-to-1.

Little Burros has been recognized at the White House.

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