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Given how badly the U.S. economy performed during the first three months of the year, few economists still believe that American output will climb more…

According to Yale economics professor Robert J. Shiller, perhaps best known for co-creating the Case-Shiller housing index, the housing market’s collapse…

As a reflection of a stronger housing market and improving economy, fewer Americans are falling behind on their home loans according to the American…

Sometimes, a company just gets hot. Everything they do turns into an economic winner, enriching owners in the process. Such is the story of Universal…

Apartment rents continue to climb in America. According to a new report by Zillow, renters can expect to pay thirty point two percent of their income on…

America’s homeownership rate has continued to dwindle recently. The nation’s homeownership rate fell to a 48-year low during this year’s second quarter.…

Most businesses understand the cost of everything that goes into what they sell – such knowledge is essential for setting prices. But medical centers…

Virtually everyone knows that men earn more than women on average. The question is why. Some theorize that a primary reason is that women…

There is a conventional view that income inequality has increased without interruption in America. While it is clear that income inequality remains…

Here’s the economy mystery of the day – why are wages still rising so slowly when job growth has become so formidable and the unemployment rate continues…

A recent Brookings Institution study finds that communities that exhibit the most economic dynamism also often produce the greater levels of income…

The Federal Reserve recently reported that since the year 2000, household wealth in the U.S. has expanded by $37 trillion, from about $44 trillion to $81…

While there are many indications of an improving labor market, including the number of jobs created each month and the relatively low numbers of people…

With the federal government’s accumulated debt mounting each year and with entitlement spending poised to rise due to the ongoing aging of America,…

Though lower oil prices are generally viewed favorably by many economic actors, this is less likely to be the case in oil producing states like Texas and…

Could it be the next financial crisis? The US government has a portfolio of approximately one trillion dollars in student loans, many of which appear to…

It is difficult to find economic phenomena that are purely beneficial. With almost all things, there is good and bad. Take medical breakthroughs as an…