Economics

EPI’s Family Budget Calculator measures the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living. The budgets estimate community-specific costs for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children) in all counties and metro areas in the United States. Compared with the federal poverty line…

As women gain wealth, advisors must prepare to serve them.

Britain requires companies with 250 or more employees to report gender pay gap data. On International Women’s Day, one couple used it to raise awareness about lingering discrepancies.

In this guide, you'll learn 42 tricks to improve your pricing -- all backed by research and science.

To some observers, it's reminiscent of the Freedom Fries episode in 2003.

A court in the US has ruled that cheese does not have to come from the Gruyère region of Switzerland to be sold under this name.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushes up global wheat prices, food-poor countries in the Middle East face higher prices for everyday staples

Child care can cost more than rent or college tuition, but early childhood teachers are some of the lowest-paid professionals. So, where does all that money go? Build your own child care program with this new interactive and find out the true cost of high-quality child care: https://costofchildcare.org/

Moviegoers heading to the new Warner Bros. film “The Batman” this weekend can expect to pay $1 to a few bucks more to see it, after exhibitors introduced a...

“We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war,” Biden said.

Today's TED Talk takes a neuroscientific look at game theory. Here, how game theory applies to relationships and even kidney donations.

Americans are feeling it at the gas pump, too.

A shortage of babysitters has driven rates way up.

The largest shipping hubs have gotten bigger and busier. Here’s a look at how the global landscape has evolved over the past 15 years.

Inflation is a tough egg to crack. We gave it a try anyway.

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, which made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.

When paying someone else to do it can make financial sense.

By the end of 2021 there were about 2 million fewer working-age immigrants in the U.S. than there would have been if immigration trends had continued unchanged.

Which tax expenditures, or tax breaks, will lead to the biggest government revenue losses over the next ten years?

LANSING — Six weeks ago, a quadriplegic Eaton County woman entered a Sparrow Hospital bed in a bid to get her auto insurance company to resume paying for the at-home care she's had for more than a decade.Six weeks later, she's still there and still waiting.The insurer, Lansing-based Auto…

Why rising inflation is a bigger risk to the stock market than rising interest rates.

The U.S. birth rate has fallen by 20% since 2007. If sustained, this could impact economic growth, productivity, and social insurance programs down the line.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"Many more are moving towards" Ukraine's borders, the UN refugee agency said.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball said only five days remain to salvage March 31 openers and a full season, telling locked out players that games would be canceled if a labor contract is not agreed to by the end of Monday.