Author: Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

The Fed kept interest rates unchanged after three cuts in 2019. A partial China trade deal has eased risks but new hazards like coronavirus emerge.

Choice Hotels rolls out an extended-stay hotel chain that can do well in a recession. Other firms are launching slump-resistant products, services.

Consumers who miss credit payments or amass more debt will see falling credit scores under new FICO standards. On-time payers will get a boost.

Hiring managers focus most on millennials, followed by Gen Z, with baby boomers trailing. They’re most intent on retaining Gen X.

More starter homes are getting built, and that means more millennials may now be able to afford a new house after years of struggling.

If a recession hits in 2020, it would probably be relatively mild. But a recovery would be tame because policymakers have few weapons to fight it

Businesses are hiring high-skilled workers even if they have no job openings for them. They’re afraid of coming up short in a competitive labor market

Tesla’s Elon Musk made another weed joke as stock topped $420, which is a pot reference. He paid a $20M fine in 2018 for a misleading marijuana gag.

Twenty-four states and 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages in 2020. The movement toward $15 an hour is building.

Could Trump’s impeachment hurt stocks even if he isn’t removed from office? A look at the Nixon and Clinton sagas says no but this could be different