Author: Christopher S. Rugaber
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Walmart testing store employee delivery of US online orders
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — In its latest effort to compete with online giant Amazon, Walmart is testing a delivery service using its own store employees, who will deliver packages ordered online while driving home from their regular work shifts. The “associate delivery” program would use Walmart’s 4,700 U.S. stores and roughly 1.2 million employees to speed…
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Colorado has lowest unemployment rate in nation
WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell to record lows in four U.S. states last month after months of steady job creation nationwide. The Labor Department says unemployment rates fell in 17 states in March and were mostly unchanged in 33. Employers added a significant number of jobs in just three states last month and cut them…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump takes credit he hasn’t earned
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night about corporate job expansion and military cost-savings that actually took root under his predecessor and gave a one-sided account of the costs and benefits to the economy from immigration — ignoring the upside. A look at some of his claims in his prime-time speech to Congress: TRUMP:…
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5 things analysts and investors want to hear in Trump speech
WASHINGTON — Economists and investors will be looking for one thing above all from President Donald Trump’s speech to the nation Tuesday night: Details. What will his promised tax cuts look like? Which Obama-era regulations will be reversed? Will he push for an infrastructure spending plan this year? Trump’s broad campaign promises to sharply cut…
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U.S. unemployment rate hits 9-year low
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a solid 178,000 jobs in November, reflecting the steady economy President-elect Donald Trump will inherit. And the unemployment rate hit a nine-year low of 4.6 percent, though mainly because many people stopped looking for jobs and were no longer counted as unemployed. Even so, Friday’s report from the Labor Department…
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In job growth, blue states outpaced red states in past year
WASHINGTON — States that voted for Hillary Clinton in last week’s presidential election reported stronger job growth in the previous year than states that supported Donald Trump, according to data released by the Labor Department Friday. Large cities in states where voters were more likely to support Trump also lagged in job growth, a separate…
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How the Trump and Clinton tax plans would affect Americans
WASHINGTON — For America’s wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins the election — or a big tax cut if Donald Trump wins. For everyone else? Right now, neither candidate is proposing major tax changes. Tax policy is one of the issues on which the…
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Incomes rise for first time since the recession, poverty drops
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Americans finally got a raise last year after eight years of stagnating incomes. The typical U.S. household’s income rose 5.2 percent in 2015 to $56,516, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. Even with the…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump on immigration
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s attempt to clarify his immigration policy instead muddied some of the actual circumstances for people in the country illegally and their impact on the U.S. economy. A look at some of his statements after a meeting with Mexico’s president Wednesday and his immigration-focused night rally: ___ TRUMP, on people illegally in…
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US adds a robust 255K jobs; unemployment stays below 5 percent
WASHINGTON — Employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs last month, a sign of confidence amid sluggish growth that points to a resilient U.S. economy. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate remained a low 4.9 percent in July. More Americans launched job searches, and nearly all were hired. But the influx of job…