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The U.S. construction industry’s need for labor is soaring and will need half a million new workers next year while AI giants ramp up spending

The Associated Builders and Contractors said the industry will need to bring in 456,000 new workers in 2027, up 30.7% from the 349,000 needed this year.

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EconomyMore financially distressed farmers are expected to lose their property soon as loan repayments and incomes continue to falter
By Jason MaDecember 13, 2025
PoliticsWith just days to go before ACA subsidies expire, Congress is about to wrap up its work with no consensus solution in sight
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
HealthA Wisconsin couple was paying $2 a month for an ACA health plan. But as subsidies expire, it’s soaring to $1,600, forcing them to downgrade
By Ali Swenson and The Associated PressDecember 13, 2025
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CommentaryGen Z is drinking 20% less than Millennials. Productivity is rising. Coincidence? Not quite
By Julian BraithwaiteDecember 13, 2025
EconomyTrump names Warsh, Hassett as top Fed contenders, WSJ says
By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and BloombergDecember 12, 2025
EconomyThe Fed just ‘Trump-proofed’ itself with a unanimous move to preempt a potential leadership shake-up
By Jason MaDecember 12, 2025
Donald Trump, sitting in the Roosevelt Room, looks forward and frowns.
EconomyFor the first time since Trump’s tariff rollout, import tax revenue has fallen, threatening his lofty plans to slash the $38 trillion national debt
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 12, 2025
Real EstateGen Z is defiantly ‘giving up’ on ever owning a home and is spending more than saving, working less, and making risky investments, study shows
By Sydney LakeDecember 12, 2025
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AIAI is powering Trump’s economy, but American voters are getting worried
By Mark Niquette, Nancy Cook and BloombergDecember 12, 2025
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PoliticsAmtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
By Safiyah Riddle and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2025
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EconomyBailed-out farmers don’t want to live on Trump welfare: ‘they don’t want to go to the mailbox and get a check from the government’
By Josh Funk, Mark Vancleave and The Associated PressDecember 12, 2025
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EconomyTariffs are taxes and they were used to finance the federal government until the 1913 income tax. A top economist breaks it down
By Kent JonesDecember 12, 2025
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SuccessSheryl Sandberg breaks down why it’s a troubling time for women in the workplace right now
By Emma BurleighDecember 12, 2025
EconomyAsia will get steady growth next year, defying global headwinds, says Mastercard’s chief APAC economist
By Angelica AngDecember 12, 2025
BankingWhy Jerome Powell’s latest rate cut still won’t help you get a lower mortgage rate
By Sydney LakeDecember 11, 2025
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SuccessWhat it takes to be wealthy in America: $2.3 million, Charles Schwab says
By Sydney LakeDecember 11, 2025
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EconomyTrump slams Fed’s third-straight rate cut as ‘too small,’ saying he wishes it was twice as large
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EconomySenate fails to save millions from skyrocketing ACA premiums in new year, with Republicans never meaningfully engaging
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EconomyLess than a third of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, lowest in either term
By Linley Sanders, Will Weissert and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 10: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Fed announced it has lowered interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent in the third rate cut this year. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
EconomyFed’s Powell voices fear of K-shaped economy: ‘How sustainable it is, I don’t know’
By Jim EdwardsDecember 11, 2025
Nela Richardson, chief economist at Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP), at a Bloomberg Television interview during the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.
Economy‘We have not seen this rosy picture’: ADP’s chief economist warns the real economy is pretty different from Wall Street’s bullish outlook
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US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025.
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Federal Reserve officials delivered a third consecutive interest-rate reduction and maintained their outlook for just one cut in 2026.
EconomyPowell warns of a ‘very unusual’ economy as tariffs keep goods inflation high amid a weakening labor market
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Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series at Stanford University on December 01, 2025 in Stanford, California.
EconomyThe Fed delivers a rare ‘hawkish cut’ as Powell tries to steady a softening job market
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. The Federal Reserve said it was monitoring community and regional banks' commercial real estate loan portfolios amid concerns over "elevated interest rates, tighter underwriting standards, and lower commercial property values." Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Economy‘Be careful what you wish for’: Top economist warns any additional interest rate cuts after today would signal the economy is slipping into danger
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RetailInstacart may be jacking up your grocery prices using AI, study shows—a practice called ‘smart rounding’
By Dave Lozo and Morning BrewDecember 10, 2025
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EconomyCracker Barrel slashes forecast as Uncle Herschel fallout continues despite logo reinstatement
By Dee-Ann Durbin, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressDecember 10, 2025
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CommentaryInternational students skipped campus this fall — and local economies lost $1 billion because of it
By Bjorn MarkesonDecember 10, 2025
EconomyIf the Fed cuts interest rates today, it may be the last one until June 2026
By Jim EdwardsDecember 10, 2025
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