By: Mortgage rates are set to go down this year, but affordability remains an issue. (iStock) Good news for potential homebuyers in 2024: mortgage rates for 30-year mortgages are set to drop below 6% by the end of the year, a Fannie Mae forecast reports. 2023 was one of the most volatile years in history…
Nonfarm payroll employment levels, meanwhile, remained essentially unchanged in all states last month from November, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. From a year earlier, employment rose … Nonfarm payroll employment levels, meanwhile, remained essentially unchanged in all states last month from November, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. From a year earlier,…
By Douglas Rissing / Getty Images/iStockphotoOver the last couple of years, the U.S. has been on an inflation rollercoaster. In June 2022, inflation peaked at 9.1% — a high not seen since 1981. Inflation has significantly come down since then; in December 2023, it was at 3.35%. Now the big question is: Will inflation go…
Some issues this legislative session could seriously impact Arizona’s diverse communities.In fact, they could take us down the dark path to xenophobia and “anti-foreigner” divisiveness that we saw 15 years ago.One is Senate Bill 1004, the so-called “alien land law” that would seek to ban “foreign groups” or individuals from buying Arizona land.Sponsors of the legislation…
I nitial filings for unemployment benefits in California rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to … I nitial filings for unemployment benefits in California rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said…
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Loni Nannini Special to the Arizona Daily Star If you give a Girl Scout a cookie, she probably won’t ask for a glass of milk. She could ask for the world, and she just might get it.Last year, 15 Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona sold the 6,000-packages each of Girl Scout cookies necessary to earn…
By: For now, it looks like inflation will return to normal without a recession.As we had expected, inflation fell sharply in 2023 after reaching its highest level in over 40 years in 2022. In 2024, we project inflation to return to normal levels, in line with the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target.In our latest Economic…
Iowa Eighth Judicial Circuit Department of Corrections fires employee charged with child endangerment, but judge says it can’t deny him unemployment A former state corrections officer has been awarded jobless benefits after being arrested for an alleged drunken incident involving his 6-week-old child and a firearm.According to Iowa Workforce Development records, Caleb Carl, 31, of…