Josh Boak

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Biden administration touts government investing $8.5 billion in computer chip plants in four states

Associated Press, Josh Boak · March 20, 2024 1:48 pm

A "For Sale" sign is posted on a home in Monterey Park, Calif. (AP/Nick Ut)

US existing home sales rise in September

Josh Boak · October 21, 2014 3:51 pm

In this Sept. 18, 2014 photo, a construction worker blows compressed air on a fellow worker atop a new home in Panama City Beach, Fla. The Commerce Department reports on U.S. home construction in September on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Andrew Wardlow)

Apartments pushed up US homebuilding in September

Josh Boak · October 17, 2014 1:11 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 photo, Jonah Devorak tests the dimensions on a high-pressure valve at Swagelok Co. in Strongsville, Ohio. The Federal Reserve releases industrial production figures for September Thursday Oct. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

US factory output rises 0.5 percent in September

Josh Boak · October 16, 2014 2:26 pm

In this Sept. 19, 2014 photo, Rosa Pantoja sews a bullet proof vest together in the Research and Development department of the Point Blank Body Armor factory in Pompano Beach, Fla. The Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for September on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

US producer prices fell 0.1 percent in September

Josh Boak · October 15, 2014 2:16 pm

In this June 5, 2014 photo, Chelsea Vick shops for clothes at Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rogers, Ark. The Commerce Department releases retail sales data for September 2014 on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Sarah Bentham)

US retail sales fell in September on autos and gas

Josh Boak · October 15, 2014 1:11 pm

US mortgage rates down for third straight week

US mortgage rates down for third straight week

Josh Boak · October 9, 2014 2:54 pm

In this Oct. 1, 2014 photo, Matt Fahr, left, sales manager with the Charlotte Hornets, speaks with High Point University freshman, Kule Kubanka, about career opportunities, during a career day at the Slane Student Center in Haigh Point, N.C. The Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for August on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/The Enterprise, Laura Greene)

US job openings rising in August as hiring falls

Josh Boak · October 7, 2014 3:46 pm

Mortgage loan application volume decreased by 6.5% last week when compared to the week before. The volume of refinances dropped by 6% during that same time and is 75% lower than this time last year, according to the groupâs research.

Slower growth for US home prices in August

Josh Boak · October 7, 2014 12:24 pm

FILE - In this May 6, 2010 file photo, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The 2008 government bailout of American International Group Inc. was specifically designed to punish the insurance giant, former Paulson said in U.S. court Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Paulson: AIG bailout designed to be punishment

Josh Boak · October 6, 2014 8:02 pm

On the witness list: Paulson, Geithner, Bernanke

Josh Boak · October 5, 2014 3:15 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014 file photo, protestors demonstrate to push fast-food chains to pay their employees at least $15 an hour, in Philadelphia. Employers in the United States are hiring at a brisk pace. Unemployment has sunk to a nearly healthy rate. Jobs are being filled across a range of industries. Yet the September jobs report released Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 contained a puzzling fact: Paychecks still aren't growing. Economists regard stagnant wages as a red flag for the 5-year-old recovery. Robust job growth has typically fueled rising wages. And without higher pay, workers have less money to spend and save, and that, in turn, keeps the economy from strengthening further. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

US job growth is rising solidly, so why isn’t pay?

Josh Boak · October 3, 2014 7:31 pm