Economy/Ecommerce

The Census Bureau released its third-quarter revenue estimates for a number of U.S. service industries on Wednesday, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.

There were 4.8 million U.S. job openings on the last business day of October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

World oil markets are on track to give U.S. consumers an even better price for gasoline in the very near future, according to a report released by AAA—a holiday bonus of sorts.

The November jobs report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, widely acknowledged as a very strong one, detailed increasing in hiring across various sectors of the economy.

The U.S. economy created 321,000 jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is well above the average monthly gain for the past 12 months of 224,000.

The latest Beige Book—formally called the “Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District”—says that national economic activity continued to expand in October and November.

The Census Bureau reported that U.S. construction spending during October came in at an annualized rate of $971 billion, 1.1 percent higher than in September.

The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in November for the 18th consecutive month, according to latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.