Economic Indicators

Germany's unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent in February as the labor market in Europe's largest economy remained strong.

J.C. Penney is closing more stores after a weak holiday sales season.

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says the proposed "Medicare-for-all" bill will work for no one.

The search may be over but the battle is on as Amazon is on a mission to build its second headquarters in Northern Virginia.

Tesla says it is now taking orders for the long-awaited $35,000 Model 3, a car for the masses that is essential for the company to survive.

No, you're not smoking something.

___ Huawei pleads not guilty to trade secrets charges in Seattle SEATTLE (AP) — The Chinese tech giant Huawei has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that it stole trade secrets from T-Mobile.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles this week announced a $4.5 billion investment that would bring 6,500 new manufacturing jobs to Detroit and its suburbs and, nearly two years before the first new vehicles will even roll off the line, the city already is taking steps to ensure it can provide enough workers with the needed skills.

Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street Thursday after the government reported that economic growth slowed down at the end of last year.

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday after the government reported that economic growth slowed down at the end of last year.

A pullback in mortgage rates has helped boost homebuilder stocks this year after a dismal 2018, when the U.S. housing market slowed under the weight of higher borrowing costs, rising prices and a thin supply of homes for sale.

Kudlow touted President Trump’s tax cuts, deregulation and trade reform for the boom in small businesses and the highest employment of blue collar workers since the Reagan administration.

California consumers lost out on at least $308 million in nickel deposits on cans and bottles in 2018, largely because it's increasingly difficult to find a place to recycle them, according to a new report made public Thursday.

The Chinese tech giant Huawei has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that it stole trade secrets from T-Mobile.

Security experts say the U.S. government is likely exaggerating the threat it says the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei poses to the world's next-generation wireless networks.

A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico's finances says it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent ruling that found the board's members were illegally appointed.

In a LinkedIn post, Dalio wrote that he was lowering his odds of a U.S. recession coming prior to the 2020 election to about 35 percent.

The nation's farmers are struggling to pay back loans after years of low crop prices and export markets hit by President Donald Trump's tariffs, with a key government program showing the highest default rate in at least nine years.

Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than a half million vehicles in the U.S. due to new problems that can cause engine fires.

The US growth numbers reported for 2018 is not the typical way GDP is measured, said Hassett to FOX Business.