Productivity growth is the key mechanism that allows the U.S. economy to expand above its long-run trend without reigniting inflation. Recent data show U.S. nonfarm business productivity rising 4.9% ...

AI's economic impact is hard to forecast now, but seven specific trends—from entry-level hiring to inflation—signal what ...

Productivity growth occurs when an economy can generate more output from the same amount of inputs, more from fewer inputs, or even the same output from fewer inputs. In other words, an economy ...

As uncertainty swirls around the global economic order, mounting public debt, and the future of immigration, something remarkable has happened: productivity surged. In the third quarter of 2025, ...

Faster productivity growth in the U.S. economy provides many benefits such as faster wage growth without adding to inflationary pressures. It also hinges on a few key factors such as public ...

There are worse economic trends than slowing productivity. How about declining productivity for one? That’s the nasty trick pulled by the US construction sector. It’s been running in reverse for a ...

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Labor productivity accelerated in the third quarter to the strongest pace in two years, adding to evidence that efficiency gains are suppressing inflationary pressures from wages. Productivity, or ...

A new report shows that a shrinking labor supply could provide headwinds for the productivity gains projected from AI Terry Lane is a writer for Investopedia with 25 years of experience in journalism ...

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Americans are on the verge of living through a historic economic event: inflation fully returning to normal — after a series of punishing interest rate hikes — without a recession. It’s a scenario ...