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I'm tracking sales for many local markets.  Note that sales slumped at the beginning of the pandemic, so the year-over-year increase in sale...

From CoreLogic: Nationwide Homeowner Equity Gains Hit $1.9 Trillion in Q1 2021, CoreLogic Reports CoreLogic® ... today released the Homeo...

The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2020 — just as it did in 2019, and 2018. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have accelerated this decline, the …

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Death toll at 749, on course to pass high mark set in 2018, as pollution including nutrient runoff kills seagrass

Rising costs at its factories — an accelerating trend, new data showed — could trickle into the rest of the world economy.

The new estimate reflects pandemic-relief efforts for borrowers and low repayment rates on the government’s $1.6 trillion portfolio.

Lower home appraisal values contribute to the wealth gap between white communities and communities of Black and Latinx people.

The number of workers holding two or more jobs has increased from 1996 to 2018. The Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics tracks the growth.

Scientists from the University of Graz (Austria), Skoltech and their colleagues from the US and Germany have developed a new neural network that can reliably detect coronal holes from space-based observations. This application paves the way for more reliable space weather predictions and provides valuable information for the study of the solar activity cycle. The paper was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Scholars offer tips to help news outlets report accurately on scientists' work and hold the scientific community accountable for its failures.

Researchers urge newsrooms to present scientific errors and academic journal retractions as part of science's self-correction process.

Stephen Vaisey, Kevin Kiley Sociological Science March 22, 2021 10.15195/v8.a5 Abstract Recent work argues that changes in people's responses to the same question over time should be thought of as reflecting a fixed baseline subject to temporary local influences, rather than durable changes in respo...

We’re not going to find a set of fixed divisions that works across arenas — such as social attitudes, family behavior, and economic status.

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The inequalities Black women face have been a drag on both their bank accounts and on long-term economic growth for everyone– and were only exacerbated by COVID-19.

OK boomer, you may have money, but you’re not spending it.

Meet the executives who burn millions daily and enrich themselves while creating no real value

Cryptocurrency investors are beginning to think about the afterlife of their digital assets — and a burgeoning industry awaits them.

The aurora borealis, or northern lights, could easily be described as Earth's greatest light show. A phenomenon that's exclusive to the higher latitudes, has had scientists in awe and wonder for centuries. The theory of how the aurora is created has been speculated but never proven, until now.

Black Knight released their Mortgage Monitor report for April today. According to Black Knight, 4.66% of mortgage were delinquent in April...

Reports of a decline in male fertility rely on flawed assumptions, a new study contends.

The ebbing of the pandemic has brought price increases, supply bottlenecks and labor shortages. Key indicators will show whether it’s just a stage.

“Employers are becoming much more cognizant that yes, it’s about money, but also about quality of life.”

Rizky Eka Valdano spent years building up his travel business, but the Covid-19 pandemic destroyed it in 10 months, echoing a plight that has played out across the developing world.