Economic Indicators

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.

For the times you can't deflect thorny economic questions by offering a cocktail or asking about the Super Bowl, here are some easy-to-grasp answers.

It is a move by the ruling Communist Party to shore up growth in the slowing, state-dominated economy.

The migration loss has been a boon to other states, particularly Nevada.

The average credit score rose two points since last year.

Former Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch remains optimistic about stocks.

President Trump emphasized how well the American economy is doing, reiterating how "we have the greatest economy in the history of our country."

"If we're going into a depression, where there's going to be hardship, people will wait until they have enough, and then they'll have babies," Art Laffer said.