Wednesday’s solid third-quarter growth is a tick slower from real GDP growth of 3% during the second quarter, but still between the 2% and 3% range that economists consider to be a healthy rate ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Trump’s trade wars. Hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April, the ...

Consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, rose at a 2.9 percent annual rate last quarter. That was up from 2.3 percent in the government’s initial estimate.

1329 GMT – Multiple factors drive 10-year U.S. Treasury yields, which have spiked nearly 60 basis points since the Federal Reserve’s September meeting, Syz Bank’s Gael Fichan says.

Illustration: Getty Images. The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 2.8 percent annual rate from July through September, with consumers helping drive growth despite the weight of still-high interest rates.

The U.S. added a stronger-than-expected 177,000 new jobs in April, suggesting the labor market was largely unscathed last month by the Trump trade wars. For now. The increase in jobs exceeded the ...