Economy

The unemployment rate in the St. Louis area remained slightly below the national average in May, but a local economics professor says the story behind…

This spring, fast food workers from across the country began banding together and rallying for better wages, fair treatment, and a healthier workplace.…

Jobs that require at least some STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math, knowledge make up a big chunk of the St. Louis region's economy.…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 3, 2013 - The good news is starting to percolate up from a still recovering economy. The…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The good news is starting to percolate up from a still recovering economy. The Conference Board…

After only two years of doing business in north St. Louis, the grocery store known as the Old North Grocery Co-Op may soon close down.Store manager Jill…

A Saint Louis University economist thinks he has found a key to growth for St. Louis.Professor Jack Strauss presented his findings this afternoon from an…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 12, 2012 - To paraphrase that familiar and now well-worn political mantra: It’s the slow-growth…

A new report shows Missouri gaining nearly 18,000 jobs last month while the state's unemployment rate held steady at 7.2 percent.The state Department of…

The unemployment rate dropped last month, but it's not all good news. Some 844,000 people have given up on finding a job for one reason or another. Some have decided to go back to school to train for a new career, but others have simply become too dejected to keep trying.