In some cases, the pandemic has been an accelerant of labor trends that were already underway, like increasing automation and digitalization of jobs.
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A growing world population and expanding middle class in developing countries suggest that U.S. agriculture will remain in high demand looking ahead.
Most Americans like where they live, rating both their homes and neighborhoods favorably. Home opinions can be impacted by housing quality, ha…
While COVID-19 has clearly accelerated the demand for homes, the benefits of homeownership are not shared by all. Price increases as a result …
A combination of strong demand, low inventory of existing homes, and constraints on new construction due to labor and supply shortages have se…
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted demographic trends in a number of ways, from lower birth rates to increased death rates to reductions in imm…
Volatility in the U.S. labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic has produced many challenges for employers and laborers alike, and the teenag…
Supply constraints have driven up housing prices—often a leading indicator for rents—and renters are now feeling the effects. The result of th…
Even with elevated gas prices, consumption is likely to remain high until more hybrids and electric vehicles are on the road. Studies have fou…
While they have also had lower homeownership rates than older generations of the same age, millennial home buying is picking up steam. Home de…
California’s Pietisserie owner Jaynelle St. Jean offers her secrets to achieving the coveted, yet intimidating, woven pie crust.
Encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles is a high priority for many policymakers and environmentalists concerned with how to limit carbo…
Housing and community development is a relatively small spending category for most state and local budgets, but spending in this area has cons…
The pandemic-era economy has many unusual and uncertain features that have made it difficult to analyze. And one of the major open questions i…
With the emergence of coronavirus variants and continued concerns about the economy, the travel industry continues to face an uncertain recove…
Between the COVID-19 pandemic, more intense hurricanes, and ongoing wildfires impacting the western U.S., first responders are being challenge…
One of the COVID-19 pandemic’s most significant long-term effects on the economy could be rising wages.
With prices rising so rapidly, some observers fear that houses are overvalued and that if the bubble bursts, the economy could see a prolonged…
Renewable energy still represents less than a quarter of total annual electricity generation in the U.S., but has been responsible for a stead…
The spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant has been a significant step backward in the effort to fight off the coronavirus pandemic. The spread ha…
The uneven effects of the COVID-19 economy has only made the gaps between America’s haves and have-nots even starker. These divergent economic…
Strong demand in the real estate market has been one of the major economic stories of the last year. While demand in the current market is in …
Housing prices in the U.S. have been on a steep upward trajectory over the last year and are continuing to climb. Unusual economic conditions,…
With red-hot demand for residential construction nationwide, many builders are struggling to find the professionals they need to keep up.