Phillip Molnar

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Holiday retail hiring helped drop the San Diego jobless rate in November to one of its lowest rates in months. The region’s unemployment rate was 4.6%, state labor officials said Friday, down from 4.9% in the las... See more

Trinity Audioplayer ready... Holiday spending was expected to be tempered this year but the latest data shows Americans aren’t slowing down, even with growing debt. The National Retail Federation said nearly 203 million U.S. shoppers went to retail stores... See more

Holiday spending was expected to be tempered this year but the latest data shows Americans aren’t slowing down, even with growing debt . The National Retail Federation said nearly 203 million U.S. shoppers went to retail stores and websites from Thanksgiv... See more

Trinity Audioplayer ready... Holiday spending was expected to be tempered this year but the latest data shows Americans aren’t slowing down, even with growing debt. The National Retail Federation said nearly 203 million U.S. shoppers went to retail stores... See more

Are Americans’ household debt levels a major concern for the economy? Nearly 203 million U.S. shoppers, the highest in nine years, went to retail stores and websites around Thanksgiving Consumer debt levels keep rising, but so have wages. (U-T FILE IMAGE)... See more