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In 2020, vacation home sales rose 16.4%, outpacing the growth in total existing-home sales of 5.6%.

"The immense inequality on who is providing unpaid care is staggering," said the analysis's author.

A federal investigation is under way and a Republican lawmaker is urging the Fish and Wildlife Service to designate the sea mammal as endangered, rather than threatened.

DETROIT (AP) — When it was new, the window sticker price on a typical 2019 Toyota Tacoma SR double cab pickup was just under $29,000. Two years later, dealers are paying almost $1,000 more than that to buy the same vehicle, even though it's used.

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to a one-year low in May as the median price of newly built houses soared amid expensive raw materials, including framing lumber.

And a few other highlights. Data from the Social Security Administration show that the names Kobe and Gianna had the greatest increase in popularity of any names in the country; as Kobe boys increa…

Few may realize what's inside.

Amazon.com Inc. shoppers in the U.S. spent less per order during the first 32 hours of the annual Prime Day sale than the previous two years, according to Numerator, suggesting shoppers are flocking to the site to buy diapers and cereal rather than flat-screen televisions and laptops.

I’VE READ A LOT of retirement books touting the “keys to a successful retirement.” Some have great ideas. But I think they miss a key ingredient. My contention: To have a successful retirement, we need to start with a proper understanding of work. Admittedly, it’s a counterintuitive way of looking at retirement. But sometimes looking at a problem backward can help us find creative solutions. In other words, examine the opposite of retirement for lessons about retirement.

For some, the office even stifles creativity. As the pandemic eases in the U.S., a few companies seek to reimagine what work might look like.

Shoppers aren't showing any signs of getting tired of Amazon Prime Day, even though some sellers had said they weren't planning on offering deals this year.

The trend throughout the year has been for the market to surprise on the high side vs. the levels implied by supply, but the relentless drain on inventory is pointing to more sequential weakness before growth resumes later this year.

As part of the new home sales report released yesterday, the Census Bureau reported the number of homes sold by price and the average and me...

The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for May: Personal income decreased $414.3 billion (2.0 percent) in May according...

Note: At the beginning of the pandemic, the delinquency rate increased sharply (see table below).   Loans in forbearance are counted as deli...

From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product (Third Estimate), GDP by Industry, and Corporate Profits (Revised), 1st Quarter 2021 Real gross domes...

Books on leadership and self-improvement, recommended by the US Navy.

A laborer discovered the fossil and hid it in a well for 85 years. Scientists say it could help sort out the human family tree and how our species emerged.

Six months of unusual warmth in Siberia, along with a 100-degree temperature record, would not have happened without global warming.

This is a report I wrote for my housing policy course at UCLA. I’ve been interested in inclusionary zoning and its potential side effects…

Debates concerning residential population displacement in the context of gentrification remain vociferous, but are hampered by a lack of empirical evidence of t...

The conversation about gentrification continually repackages a set of debunked theories as reality and it obscures a set of real crises that need fixing.

U.S. business costs, buffeted by a COVID-decimated year of “chaos” worldwide in 2020, fell 4% to $1.56 trillion. That amounted to 7.4% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), nearly an all-time low, according to a new authoritative report on the logistics sector.

LifeStance's stock price has soared since its IPO earlier this month.

(2021). Teams do not outperform individuals in a simple creative task. Applied Economics Letters. Ahead of Print.

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