>"Retail sales rose last month, and several companies reported strong earnings. But discounts seemed to drive a significant portion of purchases."

>"An expected moderation in the labor market may have begun, as the Federal Reserve tries to engineer a slowdown and tame inflation."

>"A Biden administration report says collusion and other constraints on competition hold down pay and prospects in the labor market."

>"The stock market has begun swinging wildly as companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, Starbucks and Exxon Mobil reveal their earnings and hint at divergent prospects for the year ahead."

>"The job market continued to improve in December, but a stagnating labor pool will pose more challenges for employers in 2022."

>"The retailer said its sales for the three months that ended on Oct. 30 were $5.4 billion, and it posted a net profit of $239 million."

>"America's jobs recovery gathered some steam last month as US employers added 531,000 positions in October."

"The World Bank’s recent decision to stop publishing its annual Doing Business report is an understandable initial reaction to revelations of data manipulation in favor of certain countries. But the Bank should use this interruption to _...Read More_

>"The U.S."

>"Proof that the online future has arrived: The biggest e-commerce company outside China has unseated the biggest brick-and-mortar seller."

"Adult Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender experience higher rates of food and economic insecurity than their non-LGBT counterparts, according to the findings of a key coronavirus pandemic survey released _...Read More_

"Friday’s U.S. jobs report was one for the books. I spoke with senior writer Eric Levitz about what appears to be a piece of unambiguously good news, and to what extent the pandemic still threatens the economy."

"Now that tie wearers have tasted freedom, no one should expect them to go back."

"This generation faces wicked problems without simple, single solutions. We need to move beyond the short-term, issue du jour approach that has dominated government responses in recent decades."

"Divorce is so expensive and complicated that it leaves many poor people trapped in bad marriages."