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

In an effort to keep their credit ratings in good standings, consumers are repaying their credit card debt in a timely manner, with delinquency rates for the second quarter of 2011 reaching the lowest levels experienced since the third quarter of 1994, according to a new report.

Bill Crowley - Tue Aug 16 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

Media outlets have been rife with reports of the slumping economy and its dour statistics, and the latest comes from the Internal Revenue Services, which recently reported that U.S. incomes dropped sharply in 2009.

Shane Tyler - Wed Aug 10 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

Consumers borrowed more money in June than in any other month for nearly four years, the Federal Reserve announced August 5.

Bill Crowley - Mon Aug 8 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

A survey of 31 state, county and city agencies in 18 states found that in 2010, consumers ranked credit card and debit companies as the second-biggest gripe because of billing and fee disputes and aggressive tactics to collect debts, Fox Business reports.

Shane Tyler - Thu Aug 4 2011

Despite Senate’s resolution to raise the debt ceiling on August 2, stocks still experienced declines, according to the New York Times.

Lisa Blackwell - Tue Aug 2 2011

Consumer spending dipped in June for the first time in nearly two years and incomes experienced meager growth, according to new numbers reported August 2 by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Meredith Dwyer - Tue Aug 2 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

The number of new college credit card accounts dropped 17 percent from 2009 to 2010, a new report by the Federal Reserve Bureau found.

Lisa Blackwell - Mon Aug 1 2011

Consumer bankruptcy petitions numbers have reached their highest point since the second quarter of 2009. Raising more than 4 percent for the first quarter of 2011, one can question if these numbers suggest more economic hardships for consumers.

Lisa Blackwell - Mon Aug 1 2011

Numerous Americans continue to struggle with their credit card balances, unable to harness their spending and pay down their balances by the end of each billing cycle.

Shane Tyler - Fri Jul 29 2011

Much of the news about the country's current economic situation continues to be negative, damaging the confidence of individuals in need of debt relief.

Meredith Dwyer - Fri Jul 29 2011