Tag: Great Recession
GOP House panel takes first step to gut Dodd-Frank law
House Republicans took a major step toward their long-promised goal of unwinding the stricter financial rules created after the 2008 crisis, pushing forward sweeping...
Alabama’s unemployment rate stable at 6.1 percent
According to the office of Gov. Robert Bentley and state Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington, Alabama is making gains in key economic indicators, despite a small...
Nearly half of states expect to confront big budget gaps
With the nation's economy at its healthiest since the Great Recession, a surprising trend is emerging among the states — large budget gaps.
An Associated...
U.S. economy barely grew in first quarter
The U.S. economy skidded to a near halt in the first three months of the year, battered by a triple whammy of harsh weather,...
