Economic Trends: We May Be Closer to Full Employment Than It Seemed. That’s Bad News.

by | Jun 2, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Finance, Labor and Jobs, Unemployment, United States Economy, Working Capital

Economic Trends By NEIL IRWIN June 2, 2017 The May job numbers raise a depressing possibility: that this is as good as it will get for the United States labor market. At first glance, the new numbers seem like a bit of a mystery. The unemployment rate fell...

China Moves to Stabilize Currency, Retreating From Effort to Ease Control

by | May 26, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, China, Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Finance, People's Bank of China, Renminbi (Currency), Working Capital

By KEITH BRADSHER May 26, 2017 HONG KONG — China has made a big show of gradually loosening its grip on the value of its currency, an effort meant to mollify critics like President Trump and experts both inside and outside the country who have long...

Lack of Workers, Not Work, Weighs on Utah’s Economy

by | May 21, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Federal Reserve System, Finance, Labor and Jobs, Non-Bank Loans, Qualtrics, Shortages, Unemployment, United States Economy, Utah, Wages and Salaries, Working Capital

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM May 21, 2017 SALT LAKE CITY — Stephanie Pappas and her brothers built their roofing supply company in this fast-growing region by promising next-day delivery, but lately they’ve been forced to tell some customers that...

Japan’s Economy Is Growing, but Don’t Call It a Hot Streak

by | May 17, 2017 | Abe, Shinzo, Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Finance, Inflation (Economics), Japan, Working Capital

By JONATHAN SOBLE May 17, 2017 TOKYO — Japan’s economic engine may not exactly be roaring, but there is a definite hum in the air. The economy grew for a fifth consecutive quarter at the start of 2017, the longest stretch of growth in more than a...

Economic Trends: The Low-Inflation World May Be Sticking Around Longer Than Expected

by | Apr 26, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Deflation (Economics), Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Finance, Inflation (Economics), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Trump, Donald J, United States Economy, Working Capital

It will take more than a U.S. presidential election, a few months of solid global growth and a recovery in oil prices to fix it.

Trump Saved Carrier Jobs. These Workers Weren’t as Lucky.

by | Apr 23, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Carrier Corp, Economic Conditions and Trends, Economics, Factories and Manufacturing, Finance, Huntington, Indiana, Labor and Jobs, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Pence, Mike, Shutdowns (Institutional), Trump, Donald J, United Technologies Corporation, Working Capital

At an Indiana factory operated by the same corporate parent, more than 700 blue-collar workers are being laid off as their jobs are moved to Mexico.