November 3, 2014
Four States Vote to Raise Minimum Wage
By JOSH BARRO
Minimum wage measures passed in Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Alaska.
Issues expected to get a new look include a corporate tax overhaul, environmental and financial regulation, trade deals and the Keystone oil pipeline.
If the ballot measures on Tuesday were any measure, the issue has become unmoored from partisan politics, drawing support from both sides.
Tax reform, international trade and budget policy may offer common ground for Democrats and Republicans in President Obama’s final two years in office.
The bank moved closer to the kind of large-scale government bond purchases used in the United States and left its benchmark interest rate unchanged.
The Institute for Supply Management said its services index fell to 57.1 last month from a reading of 58.6 in September.
The 28-member bloc adjusted its estimates after weak economic performance in France, Germany and Italy, and in the face of declining business confidence.
Three more months of data are in, and the state is still collecting much less income tax than it expected.
The Labor Department said that its Consumer Price Index edged up 0.1 percent last month as a rise in food and shelter costs offset a broad decline in energy prices.
Is the world economy suffering from “secular stagnation”? True or false, the idea alone could keep hurting stock prices.
Mutual funds and E.T.F.s generally fared well in the second quarter, despite rumblings from global trouble spots and the Federal Reserve’s intention of reducing economic stimulus.
In the five years since the United States began its slow climb out of the deepest recession since the 1930s, the job market has undergone a substantial makeover.
Five years since the end of the Great Recession, the private sector has finally regained the nine million jobs it lost. But not all industries recovered equally.
Some locals are hoping King James’s return will revive the city’s economy, but experts say these predictions are wildly inflated and unlikely to last.
Redistributing income with taxes and transfers is largely failing to close the income gap. Perhaps it’s time to try a corporate approach.
All but a relative few European banks passed a recent exam regarding their soundness. But some findings in the European Central Bank’s report point to shortcomings.
Making meaningful reform to the financial system could require Americans to reconsider the assumption that homeownership is good for the economy.
The Dodd-Frank overhaul aimed for banks to make loans with enough “risk-retention” to make them care about repayment, but the final rules appear to fall short of that.
As the damages wrought by increasingly disruptive weather patterns have climbed around the world, the insurance industry seems to have quietly engaged in what looks a lot like a retreat.
Milestones in the career of Janet L. Yellen, President Obama’s choice to be chief of the Federal Reserve, including video recollections from friends and colleagues.
See how your household income ranks in 344 zones across the United States.
The answer to the question depends on many factors. Compare the costs of buying and renting equivalent homes.