Over the past year, the U.S. economy added an average of 213,000 jobs every month, driving unemployment down to 3.6 percent, its lowest point since 1969. The last time this much of the American workforce was on the job, the Beatles were still a band and presidential hopefuls Pete Buttigieg,...
Survey of Economists: US Sales and Hiring Likely to Grow
DETROIT (AP) — Most U.S. business economists expect corporate sales to grow over the next three months and hiring and pay to rise with them. But a majority of the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics say the corporate tax cuts that the Trump administration pushed through...
U.S. Essential to South Korea Economic Miracle
Friday’s elaborate Winter Olympics opening ceremony, as is normally the case for the event’s host country, was a showcase for South Korea – its symbols, traditions, achievements and aspirations. But as Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria notes, the reality of South Korea’s rise from economic backwater just 50 years ago,...
U.S. Essential to South Korea Economic Miracle
Friday’s elaborate Winter Olympics opening ceremony, as is normally the case for the event’s host country, was a showcase for South Korea – its symbols, traditions, achievements and aspirations. But as Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria notes, the reality of South Korea’s rise from economic backwater just 50 years ago,...