DBEDT released its second quarter 2021 Statistical and Economic Report today. DBEDT revised its economic growth projection for 2021 to 3.5 percent, up from the 2.7 percent projected in February this year.

Combining a multitude of predictions and projections, modeling teams hone the uncertainty.

The annual WSJ ranking of pay and performance for leaders of S&P 500 companies is here.

Facebook has ended its ban on posts asserting Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, reflecting a deepening debate over the origins of the pandemic.

Almost 2.5 million people signed up to Dr. B with the promise of getting leftover vaccines. Months later, the site won’t disclose how many doses it helped deliver—or what it plans to do with user data.

The pandemic sent business through the roof for DoorDash and Uber Eats, but they’re still trying to cook up secret sauce for profitability. Grubhub calls restaurant delivery a “crummy business.”

The spread of the pandemic in poor countries has drained many families who had to spend their life savings trying to help loved ones.

Keep an eye on skills shortages, consumers’ wallets and the market’s expectations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped unexpectedly in April for the first time in 11 months as a shortage of computer chips disrupted auto production. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that orders for factory goods meant to last at least three years fell 1.3% in April after rising 1.3% in March.

The country’s official figures grossly understate the pandemic’s true effects. Our estimates, informed by more than a dozen experts’ research, range from very bad to catastrophic.

The delivery giant’s performance lags behind UPS, data show, as a pandemic-fueled e-commerce surge overwhelms its network.

The country had more than 37 thousand new cases in 24 hours; health system is under pressure

Important immune cells survive in the bone marrow of people who were infected with the virus or were inoculated against it, new research suggests.

The confidence of Americans in the U.S. economy slipped in May for the first time in six months as they grew more worried about job prospects and higher...

Western consumers are starting to indulge in services that were off limits during the lockdown. Businesses, economists and policy makers are trying to discern whether that shift will mean a cutback in spending on goods.

The topline numbers hide important trends by race and political party.

New research finds a big rise in new businesses despite the pandemic, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

Offices are not going back to the way they were pre-pandemic, and neither are the downtown neighborhoods that house them.

Mink in Denmark are not the only animals that could become reservoirs for the coronavirus to spread new mutations to people.

A newly identified coronavirus may not pose a serious threat, but the finding highlights the need to monitor animal viruses more proactively, scientists say.

This phase of the pandemic, when adults can be vaccinated but young children cannot, is confusing for many families.

These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them

Not doing that commute gave me 15 hours per week of my life back