Birth rates in the U.S. continue to fall, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. birth rates have been steadily declining for more than a decade now, ...

The National Association of Realtors is making a major revision to its forecast for the spring home-buying and selling season, dropping its projected uptick in existing-home sales from 14% to just 4%.

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Mortgage interest rates have been on quite a ride since hovering near record lows in March 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Since then, however, they've changed significantly, rising to their ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

Amid the ongoing Iran war, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was entirely uninclined to speculate on the trajectory of energy prices. But in the markets, expectations for interest rate cuts are ...

When homeless shelters allow people to stay with their dogs and other pets, more unhoused people become more willing to stay in a shelter. That’s what my team at the University of Southern ...

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