PolitiFact3d
Has consumer confidence fallen, as Sen. Cory Booker said? Two key surveys say yes
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, a longstanding survey of Americans’ views on the economy as they see it, has fallen by 17% since November 2024.  A similar survey, the University of ...
Tariffs Are Hitting The U.S. Economy Where It Hurts
President Donald Trump's tariffs are already shifting how people spend their money, an ominous sign for the future of the ...
Unemployment up in Michigan, second highest in nation
Unemployment is increasing in Michigan, rising to the highest unemployment reported in the state since September 2021. The ...
23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
This means that not only does 23andMe possess the genetic data of 15 million people, but it also possesses almost a billion additional data points associated with this genetic information. This makes ...
Richmond6d
Trump tariff threats scare consumers, businesses in Virginia
Dinwiddie County farmer Nick Moody worries about foreign markets for Virginia soybeans and the price of potash fertilizer from Canada. Andrew Clark, vice president of government affairs at the ...
U.S. economy likely created modest 130,000 jobs last month as Trump trade wars lift recession fears
The job market is slowing as Americans are increasingly anxious about what President Trump’s trade wars are going to do to ...
CBS News6d
Michigan residents, local officials survey damage from Sunday's storm
Local emergency officials in Okemos, Michigan, and the National Weather Service are still determining how much Sunday's severe storm impacted neighborhoods. You can hear the familiar hum of ...
US Adds 228,000 Jobs In March As Economy Shows Resilience Ahead Of Major Tariffs
President Donald Trump’s trade wars threaten to drive up prices, disrupt commerce and invite retaliatory tariffs in the near ...