All The New Economy

United States GDP grew at a 2.9 percent annual rate in the third quarter of 2016, better than many were expecting. But experts warn not to celebrate just yet. 

The world has made little progress toward gender equality according to a new report out Wednesday from the World Economic Forum. Some countries did better than others. 

If schools updated their schedules to sync with the traditional workday, it would boost the fortunes of both parents and the US economy overall, a recent study argues. 

Some health-care plans offered through the Affordable Care Act exchanges will increase by an average of 25 percent next year. Here's why.

Decades of inaction on immigration reform mean that certain areas of the workforce will have severe labor shortages that could be helped by an influx of foreign workers. Other sectors are taking advantage of an outdated visa system. 

Social Security recipients including retirees, disabled workers, veterans, and their families can expect a 0.3 percent cost-of-living increase next year, said the federal government Tuesday.

The United States still boasts the most billionaires in the world by a wide margin, but other countries are gaining ground.

Researchers found little evidence that immigration significantly affects the overall employment levels of native-born workers.

The wage gap between black and white workers has grown by 32 percent in the last three decades, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Economic Policy Institute.

In the 1990s, an unemployment rate below 6 percent would be a sure sign of rising interest rates. Today, the calculus has changed.

According to an annual competitiveness survey, dysfunction within federal government is the single biggest barrier to economic progress in the United States. 

A new crop of startups want to revolutionize the way people bank, save for retirement, and borrow money. But overcoming a strict regulatory environment and cautious customers to upend the traditional financial industry will be a challenge. 

By tying the cost of a degree to a student's earning potential after graduating, accounting professor Sajay Samuel argues we can put a big dent in the US's $1.3 trillion college debt load.

New Census data show that household incomes for middle- and low-wage Americans surged in 2015, along with a steep decline in the poverty rate. It raises the prospect that the economy is starting to work for everyone. 

While most would agree that the people educating America’s children deserve to get paid fairly, how much is enough is a controversial and complicated issue. 

Four former employees of Hewlett Packard are accusing the company of firing older workers and replacing them with recent college graduates during layoffs that have affected 85,000 employees since 2012.

Uber announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Betterment to offer its drivers discounts on individual retirement savings accounts.

The student loan arm of the banking giant charged illegal fees and misled borrowers, says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

As NASA prepares to stop funding the International Space Station in about a decade, the agency is inviting companies to use the science lab to test their wildest space-business ideas while they still can.

In regions where data about people's welfare is expensive to collect, or not publicly available, international organizations are increasingly turning to satellite images to fill in gaps.