U.S. labor productivity initially surged in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the massive economic upheaval. As the economy recovered, the level of productivity retreated to its slow ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

The increase in poverty reversed two years of large declines. Median income, adjusted for inflation, fell 2.3 percent to $74,580. By Ben Casselman and Lydia DePillis Poverty increased sharply last ...

If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you're not alone. The rate of workers driving to their jobs crept upwards nationwide last year, as did the rate of those who carpool ...

Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, the paradigm of traditional workspaces has undergone a seismic shift. As a result, remote work has emerged as a dominant trend, requiring human resources departments ...

The average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 77.5 years old, according to provisional 2022 data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That represents an increase of 1.1 years ...

Covid was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, dropping from its place as the third leading cause in 2020 and 2021, when virus fatalities were superseded only by heart ...