Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) was virtually unchanged in December, after seven consecutive monthly increases that started in May. The index now stands at 99.01, down from 99.05 (an upward revision) in November. The index is currently down Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo, you spent more money during the holidays than you planned. And not only did you overspend, you used credit cards or personal loans to finance the purchases. What follows is tips on what you can do to help pay Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter a December decline, the number of jobs increased by only 49,000 in January, undershooting economists’ expectations. The employment level is still nearly 9 million jobs lower than pre-pandemic levels. In January, the number of jobs in the leisure and Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile 2020 proved to be a tumultuous year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the second half of the year is seeing one of the largest rebounds in M&A to date. The increase in year-over-year (YoY) deal value in the US Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutesToday SiriusXM announced its Doctor Radio channel 110 will be free to the general public to help guide and inform as the Covid-19 virus causes record hospitalizations and deaths throughout the country. The free access and new programming on Doctor Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesA renewed interest in homeownership during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed homebuyers’ housing choices, widened the imbalance between housing supply and demand in California and created a more competitive housing market than ever before, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®‘ (C.A.R.) 2020 Annual Housing Read more…
Reading Time: 18 minutesEconomic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in November, with the overall economy notching a seventh consecutive month of growth, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., Chair of the Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesLendingTree® analyzed data from over 29,000 anonymized transactions to track spending habits of last-minute holiday shoppers in the week leading up to Christmas in 2019 to better understand what last-minute shoppers where buying and how much they were spending. Additionally, LendingTree will Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® declined in November, after remaining relatively flat in October. The Index now stands at 96.1 (1985=100), down from 101.4 (an upward revision) in October. The Present Situation Index – based on consumers’ assessment of current Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesSeveral well-known corporations such as Nieman Marcus, Hertz, Pizza Hut, 24 Hour Fitness and Chesapeake Energy have already sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to the Covid-19 crisis. Edward I. Altman, creator of the Z Score, a key performing indicator Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe nationally syndicated Price of Business show has announced that former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) will be doing a recurring series on the nationally syndicated Price of Business show. Kevin Price, who is host of the show, said “we are Read more…
Reading Time: 6 minutes ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), today released its third-quarter 2020 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 16.7 million residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich, Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite a light rebalancing of third and fourth quarter estimates, full-year 2020 economic output is still expected to contract 2.6 percent, according to the latest commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. Its estimate of third quarter 2020 Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA majority (52%) of U.S. shoppers plan to start their online shopping via Amazon™ this holiday season, according to newly released findings from Episerver, the customer-centric digital experience company. For its latest report, “An Interview with The Couch Shopper: The Episerver Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAccording to a survey by Alignable: “Eight months into the COVID crisis, Alignable’s most recent poll shows that 34% of small business owners are unable to pay their full rent on time in October. “Digging deeper into this stressful issue, Read more…
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