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The birth rate in the U.S. increased last year for the first time since 2014

by Samantha Fields
May 24, 2022
Overall, births are still trending downward.
Birth rates tend to fall during recessionary times.
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We're about 3.5 million potential jobs short of a full recovery

by Mitchell Hartman
May 9, 2022
We’ve now regained more jobs than we lost early in the pandemic in some sectors.
Now Hiring signs are displayed in front of restaurants in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on March 19, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Omicron’s peak coincided with key week for jobs data

by Matt Levin
Feb 2, 2022
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' "reference week," used to calculate employment, included Jan. 12 — when omicron was at its worst.
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Consumers confidence drags while economy takes a roller coaster ride

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 31, 2022
Higher wages and low unemployment are good news to people. Inflation isn't.
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Consumers feel the pinch as inflation, omicron drag on

by Amanda Peacher
Jan 28, 2022
Despite good economic data like GDP growth, many Americans are not optimistic.
Though the economic recovery is going strong, inflation is taking a toll on consumer sentiment.
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GDP growth in 2021 signals a strong economic recovery

by Amanda Peacher
Jan 27, 2022
GDP climbed by 5.7% last year — the highest annual growth rate in more than three decades.
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IMF downgrades global economic growth in its latest report

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 25, 2022
The IMF's Gita Gopinath talks about the challenges facing the global economy as the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The global economy did rebound quite strongly in 2021," says the IMF's Gita Gopinath. "The problem is that countries have recovered at very divergent paces." Above, Gopinath at a 2021 interview.
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Global economic growth likely to slow in 2022, World Bank says

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Jan 12, 2022
Inequalities between and within countries could widen in 2022, World Bank President David Malpass warns.
"Vaccines are critical because they reduce the hospitalization, because they allow economies to function," says David Malpass, president of the World Bank.
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The economic legacy of the Jan. 6 insurrection is "intertwined" with the pandemic

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 6, 2022
“So much is good about the recovery,” said Wendy Edelberg of the Brookings Institution. Yet “we’re still in the midst of chaos.”
Protesters loyal to Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. The nation's political instability, said Wendy Edelberg of Brookings, "makes me nervous for the year ahead."
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When it comes to the booming job market, not all states are created equal

by Samantha Fields
Jan 5, 2022
States that weren't hit as hard by the pandemic slowdown have already mostly recovered.
States that rely on tourism, like Hawaii, were among the hardest hit economically by COVID-19 but have had strong rebounds. Above, beachgoers in Honolulu.
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