Joseph Lawler

A welder fabricates anchor bolts for roads and bridges at the custom manufacturer Fox Company Inc. in Philadelphia. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Economy

Job gains aren’t translating to faster wage growth

August 1, 2014 3:55 pm

Economy

Slow, steady progress: U.S. economy adds 209,000 jobs in July, unemployment ticks up to 6.2 percent

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August 1, 2014 3:49 pm

Pedestrians walk past a Citibank branch on Park Avenue in New York, in this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo. (AP Photo/Jin Lee, file)

Economy

Here’s what the much-anticipated GAO report on whether banks are ‘too big to fail’ found

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July 31, 2014 6:20 pm

A Dollar Tree store is seen on July 28, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Dollar Tree announced it will buy Family Dollar Stores for about $8.5 billion in cash and stock. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Economy

What Dollar Tree’s purchase of Family Dollar says about the U.S. economy

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July 31, 2014 9:00 am

Like her predecessors, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has mastered the art of making straightforward answers sound really complicated. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Economy

Can you translate America’s top economist into plain English?

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July 31, 2014 9:00 am

In an appearance before Congress earlier in July, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said that the first GDP decline

Economy

Federal Reserve cuts another $10 billion, but promises more stimulus

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July 30, 2014 6:43 pm

Republican aides on Capitol Hill say there is no chance of a government shutdown this fall, pushing back against a common Democratic argument heading into the midterms. (AP Photo)

Economy

The months around the government shutdown posted the best economic growth of the recovery

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July 30, 2014 3:56 pm

U.S. economic growth accelerated in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Wednesday morning.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson,)

Economy

Economic growth accelerated in the second quarter of 2014

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July 30, 2014 2:07 pm

Economy

The median American household lost a third of its wealth in the last 10 years

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July 29, 2014 9:00 am

The Social Security disability trust fund is only two years away from exhaustion, Social Security's Board of Trustees announced Monday. (iStock Photo)

Economy

Only two years until Social Security’s disability fund runs out

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July 28, 2014 6:34 pm

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Job gains aren’t translating to faster wage growth

Slow, steady progress: U.S. economy adds 209,000 jobs in July, unemployment ticks up to 6.2 percent

Here’s what the much-anticipated GAO report on whether banks are ‘too big to fail’ found

What Dollar Tree’s purchase of Family Dollar says about the U.S. economy

Can you translate America’s top economist into plain English?

Federal Reserve cuts another $10 billion, but promises more stimulus

The months around the government shutdown posted the best economic growth of the recovery

Economic growth accelerated in the second quarter of 2014

The median American household lost a third of its wealth in the last 10 years

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