10:12 AM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- State-level data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Tuesday showed the unemployment rate rose in one state, Pennsylvania, in January and held steady elsewhere. The unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point in Pennsylvania. South Dakota had the lowest rate at 1.9% while Nevada had the highest at 5.8%. Nonfarm payrolls declined...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder sentiment dropped to a seven-month low in March as tariffs on imported materials raised construction costs, a survey showed on Monday. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index dropped three points to 39 this month, the lowest level since August. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the index at 42. It has...

(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rebounded in February, suggesting that the economy continued to grow in the first quarter, though at a moderate pace as tariffs on imports and mass firings of federal government workers weigh on sentiment. Retail sales rose 0.2% last month after a revised 1.2% decline in January, the Commerce Department said on Monday. Economists polled by...

(Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rebounded in February, suggesting that the economy continued to grow in the first quarter, though at a moderate pace as tariffs on imports and mass firings of federal government workers weigh on sentiment. Retail sales rose 0.2% last month after a revised 1.2% decline in January, the Commerce Department said on Monday. Economists polled by...