Economics

Gross domestic product is the most popular economic health indicator, but some organizations and agencies also look to measures that weigh factors like residents’ health and education.

While the Gross Domestic Product is our main measure of our well-being, we can ask if a GDP alternatives would do a better job.

A new Harvard analysis finds people across income levels got squeezed by rent hikes during the pandemic. The market has lost millions of low-rent places, and new construction is mostly high-end.

Climbing rents in recent years propelled US cost burdens to staggering new heights: in 2022, half of all US renters were cost burdened. This all-time

"I don’t see this ending well for families," says an economist.

How do people across the world spend their time? How do daily activities differ across countries, and how do these differences matter for people’s lives? Explore data and research on time use.

In the last 10 years, New York City went from having two observation decks to five. Since 2015, we’ve seen One World Trade Center, One Vanderbilt, and 30 Hud...

Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) Explorer: Earnings and employment outcomes for college and university graduates

Google recently released a list of 2023's most searched terms, providing insights into what people are most curious or unsure about. Finance Buzz sifted the list for the personal finance-related terms. We’ve provided NGPF resources to help explain each one so you can dive deeper with your students.    1. W9 Form The W-9 is an IRS form for employers or other entities to verify the name, address, and tax identification number of a person receiving income.

News commentators, politicians, and others often conflate the ups and downs of the stock market with the state of the economy. While the stock market and the economy are related, they aren't the same. Watch to learn the difference between the two as well as how, despite rising unemployment and slipping GDP, the stock market continued to rally after the dip caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The S&P 500® is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates ("SPDJI") and has been licensed for use by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Standard & Poor's® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P"); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"). Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is not sponsored, endorsed, sold, or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, or their respective affiliates, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s), nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P 500. Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/SubscribeCharlesSchwab Click here for more insights and education: http://www.schwab.com/learn/ (1122-23HE)

Spanning from 2004-2022, this animation of the Big Mac Index shows the rise in burger prices, and which currencies may be under or overvalued.

MIT researchers are saying real-world economics might slow automation.

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Building and maintaining fabs that manufacture semiconductors is far more expensive than the approach favored by many of OpenAI’s AI industry peers.

Interesting. pic.twitter.com/JAv6eSa1U2— GCEE (@Georgiaecon) January 21, 2024

Behavioral economics can explain why forgotten subscriptions have become an increasingly typical phenomenon.

Consumer sentiment is finally making a recovery.

Social scientists say polarization is increasingly based on a visceral dislike for the opposition rather than extremely divergent policy preferences.

Instagram is introducing new nighttime nudges for teen accounts to limit their time on the app, the company announced on Thursday.

A shortage of farm-bred primates is contributing to poaching and harming biomedical research and development.

The world today isn’t perfect, but we’ve come a long way in the last 200 years. It didn’t happen by chance. The Building Blocks of Prosperity examines the role governments and individuals have played in delivering this prosperity and asks what must be done to ensure even more progress in the future.

Costco Food Database, the #1 resource on all things Costco food, including honest reviews, prices, calories, cooking directions, and pro tips!

etBlue and Spirit argued that the merger would be the only way for them to compete with the Big Four airlines.

Billions of dollars' worth of gift cards go unspent every year. Here's what to know about redeeming them — and avoiding scams.

Dall-E fakes are going to be a lot harder to pull off.

Supermarket chain Kroger's proposed acquisition of rival Albertsons is now expected to close in the first half of Kroger's fiscal year 2024.