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One contractor laments that as their phone keeps ringing, "You have to tell them it will likely be a couple years."
U.S. import prices recorded their biggest increase in seven months in August as the cost of petroleum surged.
U.S. homebuilding fell in August as a rebound in the construction of single-family houses was offset by weakness in the volatile multifamily home segment.
India and Japan are picking up the pace as car sales in the U.S. and China stutter.
Economists are surmising that Amazon had a role in the surprise drop in August retail sales.
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma may have done long-term damage to the competitiveness of two of America's most economically important states.
The consumer sentiment index, a survey of consumers by The University of Michigan, was expected decline to 95.1 in September.
U.S. business inventories were expected to continue to grow in July.
U.S. industrial output fell in August for the first time since January as Hurricane Harvey battered oil, gas and chemical plants along the Gulf Coast and a cool summer sapped utility demand in the east, the Federal Reserve said on Friday.
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in August as Hurricane Harvey likely depressed motor vehicle purchases, suggesting a moderation in consumer spending in the third quarter.
Macy's will increase by 20 percent the number of workers it hires during the holiday shopping season to staff distribution and warehouses that support its online business.
Congress needs to pass a meaningful tax cut to fuel the Trump economic boom, says Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm.
First-time claims for benefits were expected to total 300,000 in the most recent week, up from the 298,000 claims reported for the previous week.
U.S. consumer prices accelerated in August amid a jump in the cost of gasoline and rents, signs of firming inflation that could allow further monetary policy tightening from the Federal Reserve this year.
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