Over 90% of US population growth since 2020 came from Hispanics
The Hispanic population in the US grew by 3.2 million from the beginning of the pandemic to mid-2023, making up 91% of the country’s overall gain.
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Credit-card balances in the US top $1 trillion for first time
Credit-card balances surpassed $1 trillion for the first time last quarter in data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, showing how even more widespread credit has become among American...
Los estadounidenses vuelven a los viejos hábitos al aumentar el gasto con tarjetas de crédito
Las facturas de las tarjetas de crédito de EEUU aumentaron considerablemente el último trimestre cuando los estadounidenses volvieron a los hábitos de gasto previos a la pandemia. Los saldos de...
US life expectancy plunged in 2020 by most since World War II
U.S. life expectancy plunged by a full year in the first half of 2020, the biggest drop since World War II, as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the country. Life expectancy...
US suffers sharpest rise in poverty rate in more than 50 years
The end of 2020 brought the sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s, according to a new study. Economists Bruce Meyer from the University of Chicago and...
Even before COVID-19, more than 100 people a day were leaving Chicago
Whether it's wealthy people fleeing to their second homes or college students forced to move back in with their parents, the coronavirus has set off a great migration in the...
America’s least educated face worst job expectations since 2014
U.S. workers with only a high-school education or less continue to fall further behind, a New York Federal Reserve consumer survey showed. The expectation of being able to replace a...
More than 20 million Americans to relocate amid rise in telework
As many as 23 million Americans plan to relocate to a new city as working from home becomes more popular, according to a new survey from online freelance company Upwork...
Food inflation arrives, adding to the woes of ailing restaurants
Food inflation has arrived, according to newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And that means slimmer profits for many already-ailing restaurants even as diners pay more for...
US births fall for fifth consecutive year to 35-year low
About 3.75 million babies were born in the U.S. in 2019, down 1% from 2018, according to provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The...