Amid the uncertain economic conditions of today, United States employers are planning to increase employee wages by an average of 2.8 percent in 2012, according to a new survey from human resources consulting firm Towers Watson.

Meredith Dwyer - Tue Aug 23 2011

Consumers got more grim economic news August 23 when the Commerce Department announced that sales of new homes fell to a five-month low in July.

Meredith Dwyer - Tue Aug 23 2011

A new forecast released August 22 by Fannie Mae shows that there won't be a double-dip recession in August, but whether or not the United States will endure another one in the rest of 2011 is unclear, according to a press release.

Lisa Blackwell - Mon Aug 22 2011

Freddie Mac announced August 18 that fixed and adjusted mortgage rates have fallen to all-time record lows, providing more incentive for homeowners looking to refinance.

Meredith Dwyer - Thu Aug 18 2011

Home prices have fallen so much in recent months that in July, buying a two-bedroom house was cheaper than renting in 74 percent of the country's 50 largest cities, according to real estate website Trulia.

Bill Crowley - Wed Aug 17 2011

Although serious mortgage delinquency rates continue to stabilize in the country's 100 largest metropolitan areas, they remain at record-high levels, according to a Center for Housing Policy press release based on ForeclosureResponse.org data.

Bill Crowley - Tue Aug 16 2011

Fifty-three percent of the nation's renters are being deterred from buying homes because of financing difficulties, including bad credit, a new Fannie Mae survey found.

Lisa Blackwell - Mon Aug 15 2011

Consumers could soon feel a financial pinch due to increasing loan interest rates resulting from the U.S. government's rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Lisa Blackwell - Mon Aug 15 2011

Numbers for July's retail and food services sales estimate experienced a slight increase of 0.5 percent over June, the U.S. Census Bureau announced August 12.

Meredith Dwyer - Fri Aug 12 2011

Unemployment insurance claims last week fell to a four-month low, an unexpected bit of bright news in a gloomy economy.

Lisa Blackwell - Fri Aug 12 2011

As the economy continues to show a gray outlook with brief glimmers of hope, a new CareerBuilder survey offers a small ray of sunshine.

Lisa Blackwell - Thu Aug 11 2011

Seventy percent of Americans think the economy is heading in the wrong direction - versus 23 percent who think it’s improving, according to July consumer indicators released August 8 by Fannie Mae.

Bill Crowley - Tue Aug 9 2011

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Treasury released a report on August 5 that paints a mixed picture of the nation’s housing market.

Lisa Blackwell - Tue Aug 9 2011

Sixty percent of workers who were laid off in the past year have found new positions, 88 percent of them full time, according to a CareerBuilder press release citing a Harris Interactive survey of 800 laid-off workers.

Meredith Dwyer - Thu Aug 4 2011

July brought growth to the country’s small businesses, with their employment numbers, compensation and hours worked increasing, according to an August 1 report 1 by the Intuit Small Business Employment Index.

Bill Crowley - Tue Aug 2 2011