Josh Boak

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The government issues its second and final estimate of worker productivity and labor costs in the July-September quarter on Monday. (AP/Lenny Ignelzi)

US worker output rises at best pace in 4 years

Associated Press, Josh Boak · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Oct 29, 2013 file photo, Sriracha chili sauce is produced at the Huy Fong Foods factory in Irwindale, Calif. The Commerce Department reports on wholesale prices for November on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

US wholesale costs fall for 3rd month on cheap gas

Josh Boak · December 13, 2013 2:06 pm

Sriracha chili sauce is produced at the Huy Fong Foods factory in Irwindale, Calif. The Commerce Department reports on wholesale prices for November on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Poto/Nick Ut)

US wholesale costs fall for third month on cheap gas

Josh Boak · December 13, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, of Atlanta, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681,Marietta, Ga. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

US unemployment aid applications surge to 368,000

Josh Boak · December 12, 2013 2:01 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, file photo, an Amazon.com employee stocks products along one of the many miles of aisles at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Phoenix. Holiday sales jobs are now likelier to be in warehouses and trucks than in retail stores. Amazon alone planned to hire 20,000 more holiday workers this year, according to the personnel firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

5 trends beneath the surface in Nov. jobs report

Josh Boak · December 7, 2013 6:28 pm

FILE- In thisTuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, a covered vehicle sits in part of the new paint shop at Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The Commerce Department issues its second of three estimates of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the July-September quarter of 2013 on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Analyst forecast that third-quarter growth will be revised to a 3.1 percent annual rate, faster than the initial estimate of 2.8 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Solid November jobs report could give economy jolt

Josh Boak · December 6, 2013 5:15 am

FILE- In thisTuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, a covered vehicle sits in part of the new paint shop at Chrysler's Sterling Heights Assembly Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The Commerce Department issues its second of three estimates of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the July-September quarter of 2013 on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. Analyst forecast that third-quarter growth will be revised to a 3.1 percent annual rate, faster than the initial estimate of 2.8 percent. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Jobs report to help show if US economy is for real

Josh Boak · December 5, 2013 10:04 pm

FILE - In the Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, file photo, Sriracha chili sauce is produced at the Huy Fong Foods factory in Irwindale, Calif. The Commerce Department reports on orders placed with U.S. factories in October, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

US factory orders fall 0.9 percent in October

Josh Boak · December 5, 2013 3:23 pm

US jobless claims plunge to 298k, as layoffs slow

Josh Boak · December 5, 2013 1:32 pm

US new-home sales jump in Oct. after Sept. drop

Associated Press, Josh Boak · December 4, 2013 3:47 pm

U.S. developers boosted construction spending in October at the fastest pace in more than four years, propelled by a surge in government buildings.

US construction spending up 0.8 percent in October

Associated Press, Josh Boak · December 2, 2013 4:31 pm

The cash price for unleaded fuel along with an editorial comment on unleaded-plus fuel was posted on a sign at a Minneapolis care care center Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, in Minneapolis, as gas prices continue to fall just in time for Thanksgiving and holiday spending. The average price of gasoline has tumbled 49 cents from their peak this year to $3.29 a gallon, putting shoppers on track to have the lowest prices at the pump since 2010, according to AAA. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Lower gas prices lifting hopes for holiday sales

Josh Boak · November 27, 2013 4:15 pm