Economy

Brace yourself to say farewell to more co-workers because "The Great Resignation" is underway with millions quitting and millions more expected to follow.

If these trends continue, the summer of 2021 might be the summer you get to rebuild your deck after all.

Those who know more about the flow of gas and the cost of gas than we do claim that there are two really big factors to the price increase.

A report released Tuesday says that in 2014 approximately 1.5 million New Yorkers will be eligible for premium tax credits that will help them pay for health coverage. According to the report by Families USA, a national health consumer organization, most of those eligible for the premium tax credits will be in working families and have incomes between, $47,100 and $94,200 for a family of four. Rea

The State Labor Department released final January 2013 private sector job count numbers and unemployment rates, as provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.

New York State’s economy has added 29,600 jobs in January, breaking a record with 17 consecutive months of private sector jobs added, the State Department of Labor reported Thursday.

The New York State common retirement fund’s rate of return for the third quarter ending Dec. 31 was 1.74 percent, according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The fund’s estimated value at the end of the third quarter was $152.9 billion, near its historical high.

Raising the minimum wage, a divisive partisan issue in 2012, now seems ripe for compromise. Recent comments by some business groups and the leading Republican in the state senate indicate several opportunities to compromise on the $8.75 per hour minimum wage proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo in this year's state budget.

Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased by 7.4 percent in November 2012 compared to November 2011, according to CoreLogic, a leading provider of information, analytic and business services released its November report recently.

The State Labor Department has released local area unemployment rates for November 2012. Compared to November 2011 Otsego County stayed the same in November 2012 at 7.3 percent. Chenango County also stayed flat, posting a 7.9 percent unemployment rate last month.