Recession

Applications for unemployment benefits are spiking in Missouri. The increase reflects a nationwide unemployment surge and comes as droves of businesses…

Salvation Army bell-ringer David Burks was making a joyful noise in front of the Granite City Walmart on a recent Friday morning. He greeted everyone who…

This is a follow-up to Monday's "St. Louis on the Air" show about the middle class. Hear the audio from that show and read Kyle Jacoby's story to find out…

The rich are getting richer. The top 5 percent of earners in the U.S. accounted for nearly 40 percent of personal consumption expenditures in 2012,…

Younger families are not recovering as quickly from the recession as their elders.An analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis found that…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 15, 2012 - Come June, the Great Recession will have officially been over for three years, but…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 27, 2011 - The current economic recession has slammed many U.S. urban areas so hard that, by…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 8, 2010 - Because I tend to be a pessimist, I hate it when I’m right. In the wake of the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 23, 2010 - June VeDova, 83, called "heads" and won her lunch at Eckert's Country Restaurant on…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 4, 2009 - In the grand scheme of the nation's two-year recession, November's 10 percent…