News by subject: Economic News/Analysis

Obesity and overweight are estimated to have caused a staggering $7.2 billion reduction in Alabama's economy in 2022, equivalent to 2.6% of the state's gross domestic product, according to a report released by GlobalData Plc, a leading data and...

In the latest Healthcare Business Strategy report, Mark Farrah Associates, www.markfarrah.com, summarized key findings from the 2022 MLR report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) MLR...

Raptor Maps, solar's leading asset health management platform, released the sixth edition of its Global Solar Report, which features data that starkly showcases the underperformance of solar assets. The report finds that global revenue loss due to...

Today, Under 3 DC published a groundbreaking new study that shows a lack of high-quality child care in the District of Columbia is costing parents more than $250 million per year due to damaging impacts on productivity, negative actions by employers,...

March 12th is Equal Pay Day?marking how far into 2024 women need to work to make what men earned in 2023 alone. On the eve of this sobering reminder, Arjuna Capital, Proxy Impact, and DiversIQ have released the seventh annual Racial and Gender Pay...

? More than half (53.2%) of U.S. homeowners and renters say housing affordability is impacting who they plan to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. That's according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real...

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the results of its latest Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans. During February, the Milliman 100 PFI...

President Joe Biden is set to deliver the State of the Union address today, his final before the 2024 U.S. presidential elections. During the address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, Biden is expected to lay out what he views as his...

The 2024 U.S. Household Bill Pay Report found that the average amount consumers spend per year on household bills grew 4% year over year. The Bill Pay Economytm of 2024 amounts to $4.46 trillion, of which $3.35 trillion are the ten most essential...

Avangrid, Inc. , a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the release of a comprehensive economic assessment, the Kitty Hawk Wind: Economic & Fiscal Impact report. The report finds that the Kitty Hawk...

Centivo, a new kind of healthcare company built to make quality healthcare more affordable for employers and their employees, released a new report today, shedding light on the detrimental impact of Americans unable to afford routine healthcare...

Toast , the all-in-one digital platform built for restaurants, today announced its Q4 2023 Restaurant Trends Report, providing insight into the overall state of the U.S. restaurant industry through an analysis of aggregated data from selected cohorts...

?New listings rose 13% from a year earlier nationwide during the four weeks ending March 3, the biggest increase in nearly three years, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. The boost in...

CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the Homeowner Equity Report (HER) for the fourth quarter of 2023. The report shows that U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which account for...

UiPath , a leading enterprise automation and AI software company, today announced that the Ministry of Tourism of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is using AI-powered automation in its mission to establish the Kingdom as a thriving global destination and...

Obesity and overweight are estimated to have caused a staggering $17.6 billion reduction in Illinois' economy in 2022, equivalent to 1.7% of the state's gross domestic product, according to a report released by GlobalData Plc, a leading data and...

Veros Real Estate Solutions (Veros®) is proud to unveil RiskWire.com, an innovative web platform poised to emerge as the premier destination for timely real estate news, in-depth economic analysis, and valuable perspectives on the ever-evolving...

James Mann and David Gossett, experienced attorneys and partners at the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, are available to speak with reporters regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rule concerning credit card late fees. James and...

As macroeconomic pressures eased and new products launched, the global market for augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) headsets grew 130.4% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), according to new data from the International...

Diamond prices declined for higher clarities in February following a positive trend in the previous month. Demand for SI qualities improved. The US and other Group of Seven (G7) members introduced a ban on "Russian Source" diamonds of 1 carat and...

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. , a leading global provider of technology and data, today reported February 2024 trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company's investor relations website at...

According to the Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, year-over-year hourly earnings growth for U.S. workers moderated to 3.42% in February, continuing a trend that began mid-2022. Small business job growth held steady from last month, with the...

CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPItm) and HPI Forecasttm for January 2024. Year-over-year home price gains reached the highest rate in...

EFG Companies recommends retail automotive and powersports dealers and lenders focus on the overall strength of the economy and revenue generation opportunities during this election year. Applying its proven history of enabling clients to hit F&I...

UKG: Summary:     After a seasonably slower start to 2024 in January, February featured a holiday surprise and workforce activity increased 0.5% to push the labor market in a positive direction, according to the February 2024 Workforce...

HouseCanary, Inc. ("HouseCanary"), a national brokerage known for its real estate valuation accuracy, today released its February Market Pulse Report, showing that activity in terms of net new listings placed on the market is down 15.3% versus...

E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley today released the data from its monthly sector rotation study, based on the E*TRADE customer notional net percentage buy/sell behavior for stocks that comprise the S&P 500 sectors. About E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley and...

Arlo Technologies, Inc. , a leading smart home security company, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023. "Arlo finished the year strong with the largest product launch in our company history...

Saks, the premier luxury ecommerce platform, has unveiled insights from its latest Saks Luxury Pulse survey fielded in January, finding that luxury consumer optimism towards the economy and their personal finances is growing. Despite this positive...

With a wider range of models being introduced year after year, electric vehicles (EVs) have gained more traction from consumers in the market for a new vehicle. According to Experian's State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q4 2023, EVs...

Although 2023 was a challenging economic climate for the staffing and recruitment industry, firms that adopted AI and automation technologies and improved productivity were more likely to see revenue gains, according to Bullhorn's Global Recruitment...

Primerica, Inc. , a leading provider of financial services and products in the United States and Canada, announced today the release of the Primerica Household Budget Indextm (HBItm), a monthly index illustrating the purchasing power of middle-income...

The American workplace landscape is undergoing profound shifts according to the latest survey from Franklin Templeton. In its fourth year, Franklin Templeton's Voice of the American Workplace Survey found that 91 percent of employers experienced...

Bushel released its annual State of the Farm Report, sharing the voice of the U.S. farmer with preferences and opinions on farming practices, grain marketing strategies, and technology usage and perceptions. Bushel is an independently owned...

An event Friday, Feb. 23, brought together for the first time graduate student teams in the 2nd Annual Sunstone Economic Development Challenge @ USC Price and officials from the five cities they will work with through this spring to develop...

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the latest results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which analyzes data from the nation's 100 largest public defined benefit plans. During January, the...

According to the latest retirement data from Fidelity Investments®, even with other ongoing financial struggles, retirement savers ended the year on a positive note with improved market conditions and consistent contributions helping boost average...

An increasing number of insurers are relying on outside asset managers to handle a portion of their investment portfolios, according to a new AM Best report. In a new Best's Special Report, AM Best notes that the percentage of life/health insurers...

Pathward®, N.A., today announced the release of its "Small Business Credit Habits and Needs" report, which found that while one in three small businesses have struggled with cash flow in the changing economy, 70% consider themselves to be in growth...

? Prices of condos in major Florida metros are dropping year over year, and sales are declining, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. New condo listings are soaring as sellers try to...

Despite an easing of inflation and reports of improved consumer confidence, the NFCC Financial Stress Forecast? indicates that American families are feeling their budgets stressed even more during the first quarter of 2024 than at any time in the...

EcoVadis, the leading provider of business sustainability ratings, today released its 2024 Sustainable Procurement Barometer report. Co-developed with Accenture, the Barometer reveals procurement's untapped potential to drive business value through...

HouseCanary, Inc. ("HouseCanary"), a national brokerage known for its real estate valuation accuracy, today released its latest National Rental Report, showing that Single-Family Rental (SFR) inventory continues to expand with a 26.7% surge in Q4...

Trader sentiment has turned bullish according to the latest Charles Schwab Trader Sentiment Survey, a quarterly study that explores the outlooks, expectations, and perspectives of traders at Charles Schwab. More than half of respondents (53%) report...

Edgio , the platform of choice for speed, security, and simplicity at the edge, found that web application attacks continued to increase and evolve in the fourth quarter of 2023, as reported in its new Edgio Quarterly Attack Trends Report in which...

The potential withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States is the latest sign of political turmoil in the region but should have relatively little impact on those countries' insurance markets for now,...

Grammarly, the company helping over 30 million people and 70,000 teams work smarter and faster wherever they write, today announced its third annual "State of Business Communication: AI's Potential to Turn Overload Into Impact" report, uncovering the...

In response to media reports this week of arrest warrants related to alleged unlawful conduct by a network of individuals in El Salvador and the region, the leadership of Continental Towers El Salvador is issuing the following statement to declare...

?U.S. home prices climbed 0.5% from a month earlier in January, matching the 0.5% gain seen in both December and November, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. On a year-over-year basis,...

LegalShield released its January Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) showing a slight decline in overall stress, but a nearly 4-year high in bankruptcy inquiries. Rising calls for help with bankruptcies signal a rise in personal bankruptcies through...