Legacy Topic: Economy

The early March sentiment survey from the University of Michigan shows Americans’ good feelings about the state of economy are up more than 4 percent and expectations for the future increased more than 5 percent. At the same time, there’s a growing pile of economic data pointing to a slowing economy. How does one square this? […]

Spending on home improvement has increased by 50 percent since the recession.

Trucking companies are boosting pay and trying to make the lifestyle more amenable to a new generation of drivers.

Word of smaller refunds may have had a chilling effect on filing.

New inflation numbers out today showed … very little of it. The consumer price index ticked up 0.2 percent in February. It was the first rise in four months. And year over year, the measure of how expensive it is to buy a fixed basket of goods is up just 1.5 percent. And that’s weird, […]

President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget calls for $2.7 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. And they come from one part of the budget in particular: nondefense discretionary spending. That type of spending supports basic government functions like law enforcement, education and foreign aid. It does not include spending for the military or for mandatory […]

Lawmakers have a lot of ideas … can they make any of them a reality?

The Trump administration is expected to release the broad outline of its 2020 budget proposal Monday.

… because Marketplace already did.

It's more straightforward than it seems.