Economics

Realtor.com's midyear forecast and housing market predictions on key trends that will shape the remainder of the year. Home prices, market trends and more as we look toward the second half of 2023.

Peanut butter is a $2 billion industry in the U.S. and it has been a mainstay in American pantries for more than 100 years.

160 years young… and still kickin’. Clinics promising to lengthen life for a growing number of wealthy clients are popping up across America....

It’s financial equality. Duh.

Nearly four years have passed since Tulsa Remote began promising $10,000 to workers who’d relocate to the Oklahoma city for at least one year. Here’s where that program and similar efforts stand today.

Here are some states that are willing to pay you to move there, as long as you meet certain requirements.

Microsoft now has a path to close its giant deal

"The reality is, if you can't hit 40,000 donors by middle of August, you have zero chance of beating Joe Biden in an election."

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is offering $20 gift cards to people who donate at least $1 to his presidential campaign. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has promised grassroots fundraisers a 10% cut of the money they bring into his campaign. Other candidates are just pleading for $1 donations or offering campaign swag at a steep discount.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is offering hefty tax breaks to companies to turn offices into housing, the latest example of a city seeking to address the challenges of remote work hitting downtowns and a lack of affordable residences.

The Philly office credited the singer with raising hotel revenues for first time since start of coronavirus pandemic.

The Autocado created by Chipotle and Vebu Labs could cut the prep time for the burrito chain's guacamole in half.

We’ve calculated the true cost of owning a home accounting for all expenses of the average homeowner. See the findings here.

Double feature summer begins July 21 with Oppenheimer and Barbie

Join us as we change the future of work! The 4 Day Week is a reduced-hour working model, which seeks to prioritise working smarter to produce better productivity in less time.

"The last time this happened was a little bit at the beginning of the pandemic, and before that, it was almost unheard of."

With rent outpacing income since 1985, we analyzed rent-to-income ratios in the 50 largest U.S. cities to find which are the most affordable.

Forward-looking indicators show inflation slowing more.

Leading economists said we’d need higher unemployment to tame inflation. Here’s why they were wrong.

New Tesla facility in Buffalo was supposed to house a huge solar-panel operation, but the project hasn’t turned out as planned.

With rates now close to 7%, many homeowners aren’t moving, which is intensifying a shortage of homes for sale.

It's second time around for both secondhand wedding dresses and nuptials who've been married before.

The falling economic discomfort measure could help President Biden's re-election bid.

The prolonged shortage of a certain red sauce is making the black market go wild.

“A Pennsylvania-based gas chain dropped its prices to $1.776 for the 4th of July, and economics educators now have a great clip for how price changes impact the quantity demanded #TeachEcon https://t.co/r5zhgbQmCS”

Michigan taxpayers will give $1 billion for Ford’s new EV battery factory, which the automaker says will create 2,500 jobs in Marshall, MI.

As the world shifts to a new post-pandemic normal, the inflation targets of central banks across the world have faced new scrutiny.