Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?
Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates…
Inflation tops 4% for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices
Inflation has surged to its highest level in more than three years since the U.S. and Israel launched their war…
Social Security funds could run short by 2032, program’s Trustees warn
A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than…
The U.S. adds 172,000 jobs as the labor market picks up steam
U.S. employers added jobs for the third month in a row in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at…
More people are going hungry now than at the height of the pandemic
Food insecurity affects more families now than during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve…
Summer electric bills sizzle as the cost of cooling climbs
The temperature is climbing, and so are people's utility bills. Rising electricity prices and hotter-than-usual weather could make it especially…
Walmart plans price cuts using tariff refunds as shoppers get skittish
Now that the U.S. government must refund most tariffs, Walmart says it might put its refund money toward lowering store…