A man pushes carts as a hiring sign shows at a Jewel Osco grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, April 23, 2020. Friday, Dec. 4, monthly U.S. jobs report will help answer a key question hanging over the economy: Just how much damage is being caused by the resurgent coronavirus, the resulting restrictions on businesses and the reluctance of consumers to shop, travel and dine out? (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
United States

Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring

Auto worker Imani Long assembles parts that will be welded by a robot for the Dodge Dart rear wheel house at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Warren Stamping Plant in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. | Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg Finance LP
United States

US factories grew more slowly last month; index dips to 57.5

In the heart of Dixie Springs, open floor plan, Casita for guests with a separate entrance, 10 foot and double coffered ceilings, 8 foot interior doors. | Photo: AMERICAN HERITAGE REAL ESTATE / randsland.com
Construction

Home construction up 4.9% in October to 1.53 million

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Money

US consumer borrowing up $16.2 billion in September

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his granddaughter Natalie Biden, speaks to people outside a campaign victory center, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Election

Trump fights headwinds as he and Biden battle over Florida

Vehicles drive past a now hiring sign as they enter a parking lot for a Home Depot store location, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Boston. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
United States

Survey: Business economists see coronavirus as biggest risk

The average size of a new home shrank from the 2016 peak to 2,576 square feet in 2018, a National Association of Home Builders analysis of census figures show. Most buyers prefer a detached house in the suburbs. (File photo by Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Real Estate

New-Construction Home Listings Drop 4% in August, Reversing Course from July’s Rebound

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Construction

Lumber Prices Continue to Price Home Owners — and Builders — Out of the Market

FILE- In this Oct 2, 2018, photo a for sale sign stands outside a home on the market in the north Denver suburb of Thornton, Colo. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for August is released. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Real Estate

California housing recovery continues in July as median home price sets another record high

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