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Applications for U.S. jobless aid tick up to still-low 241,000

June 3, 2018 at 1:46 p.m.

Slightly more people sought US unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications remained at a historically low level that suggests the job market is healthy. THE NUMBERS: The...

U.S. employers add 211,000 jobs in April, as unemployment rate falls to 10-year low

June 4, 2018 at 11:20 p.m.

A burst of hiring in April provided a reassuring sign for the U.S. economy and reduced a broader gauge of the job market's health to its lowest level since the...

This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, file photo shows a house for sale, in Hialeah, Fla. U.S. homes prices rose steadily upward in February 2017 as more homebuyers chased fewer available properties. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index increased 5.8 percent in February, the most in 32 months.

Home prices in Chicago, nationwide climb in February

June 5, 2018 at 2:31 a.m.

Home prices in Chicago and around the country climbed in February as more homebuyers chased fewer available properties. The Standard & Poor's CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index increased 5.8...

President Donald Trump alongside White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, during a meeting with manufacturing CEOs in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington.

U.S. economy to grow slower than Trump pledges, survey finds

June 5, 2018 at 10:42 a.m.

U.S. economic growth is expected to accelerate this year and next, yet remain modest, even if President Trump's promised tax cuts and infrastructure spending are implemented, a survey found. The...

Men walk by a construction site in Brooklyn on June 5, 2015 in New York City. The government is releasing February's job report on March 10, 2017.

Jobs report: 235K jobs added last month, unemployment rate falls to 4.7 percent

June 5, 2018 at 3:34 p.m.

U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and raised pay at a healthy pace, evidence that the economy remains on solid footing nearly eight years after the Great...

U.S. private businesses added the most jobs in three years last month, a private survey found, a sign that hiring is picking up seven years after the recession ended.

Survey: Private employers added robust 298K jobs last month, the most in three years

June 5, 2018 at 4:23 p.m.

U.S. businesses added the most jobs in three years last month, a private survey found, a sign that hiring may be accelerating from last year's modest levels. Payroll processor ADP...

Home prices in Chicago increased 4.9 percent compared with a year earlier, according to February's Case-Shiller index.

Chicago home prices climbed slowly in 2016

June 5, 2018 at 6:56 p.m.

U.S. home prices rose in December from a year earlier at the fastest pace in 11 months, as prospective buyers bid against each other for a limited supply of available...

Job seekers attend a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

Applications for U.S. jobless aid fall to low level of 281,000

June 16, 2018 at 4:26 p.m.

Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week as employers remain confident enough in the economy to hold onto their staffs. The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of...

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