U.S. Economy

According to the Farm Bureau, Wisconsin farmers can use relief from the trade wars.

"We're reviving it," Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted the USMCA and "phase one" China trade deal will "add significantly to growth."

The taxes would raise trillions of dollars in revenue to expand sweeping new social programs, such as Medicare-for-all and eliminating student loan debt.

This marks the first time in nearly a decade that females took the majority of the workforce jobs.

The economy added 145,000 jobs, while the jobless rate held steady at 3.5 percent, the lowest rate since 1969.

Economists expected U.S. employers to have added 164,000 jobs in December.

The federal minimum wage rate has remained at $7.25 per hour for the past decade

Sixty-two percent of construction firms reported few or no qualified applicants.

President Trump said a phase two deal might not get done until after the election.

In 2019, job growth on average was slower than it was in 2018 per month.

Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida sounded an upbeat note on the U.S. economy heading into 2020.

Bloomberg is a late entrant to the Democratic presidential primary, and as a result, is not participating in the Iowa caucuses.

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 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.