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As far as risks go, launching a live agency during the sector's most precarious moment in recent memory was arguably on the foolhardy side. But that suited Jon Ollier just [...]

We study the large labor force increases since 2020 among disabled workers and among foreign-born workers in the United States. We show that the increase in the disabled labor force largely reflects a change in self- reported disability status among those already in the labor force rather than an actual increase in labor supply. We conjecture that immigration will likely contribute more to labor supply in 2024 than it did before the pandemic, but less than in 2020-2023., Introduction The combination of strong job gains, moderating wage growth, and only small increases in the unemployment rate during 2023 surprised many analysts and forecasters. (1) Some policymakers have suggested [...]

Our top sources contend that U.S. seaports are in relatively good shape today compared to two years ago when faced with congestion issues caused by pandemic-related cargo surges. 'U.S. Ports [...]

The Covid-19 pandemic changed many aspects of life, but hopping aboard a cruise ship doesn't appear to be one of them. The cruise industry is booming at record highs in [...]

Data shows workers are living further from the office than they did pre-pandemic. The rise in distance is driven by millennials, who made major life changes during the pandemic. Remote [...]

About This Column Resource Center is about all types of information resources that may be helpful for real estate market analysts and valuers. In this edition of Resource Center, we [...]

In unpredictable and unsettling times, it feels reassuring to identify those markets where the underlying conditions seem the most robust. Moving out of the pandemic era, it's clear that high-quality [...]

Using matched micro-data on the spending of households and their macroeconomic expectations, we study the link between the realized inflation of households in their daily shopping and their perceived and expected levels of inflation both before and during the pandemic. As the pandemic spread across the USA, disagreement among US households about inflation expectations surged along with the average perceived and expected level of inflation. Simultaneously, realized inflation at the household level became more dispersed. During the pandemic, low income, low education, and Black households experienced a larger increase in realized inflation than other households. Dispersion in realized and perceived inflation explains a large share of the rise in dispersion in inflation expectations. Finally, households jointly revised their inflation and unemployment expectations during the pandemic, consistent with a supply-side view of the pandemic. JEL Classification E02 * E03, 1 Introduction When the COVID19 pandemic spread across the US and economic activity ground to a halt in many sectors, a basic question that policymakers faced was whether to think [...]

Non-financial corporate defaults almost tripled from 2022 to 2023, Moody's said. Analysts expect defaults to climb further in 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2023, private-equity-backed companies led total defaults. [...]

Color cosmetics is in the midst of a major comeback. As more consumers return to work, travel and socializing in a post-COVID world, they are not only returning to their [...]

During 2022, the Muncie metro continued to recover from the business closures and shutdowns that occurred during the height of the pandemic. The pandemic interrupted the small gains in employment [...]

Growth patterns normalize following sharp declines in some end-use markets In 2020 By Tara Olivo, Associate Editor It's been quite the journey for the wipes industry over the last few [...]

Existing home sales fell 0.7% in August from the prior month as higher mortgage rates lead to limited supply of homes for sale. Sales fell to an annualized rate of [...]

Technology had been moving at a breakneck pace, forcing sales departments to adjust their selling techniques. Then COVID-19 hit, and business processes were instantly, dramatically, and unprecedentedly interrupted. 'COVID provided [...]

As consumers actively seek food and beverages that support their physical and mental wellbeing, from boosting immune systems, enhancing moods, sustaining energy, and reducing stress, the functional/wellness category will continue [...]

It might seem like a tough ask in this new era (revised again with the events in Ukraine) where time often feels like it has lost its meaning, but try [...]