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% ...

Labor productivity—output per hour worked—drives long-run economic growth. Business leaders looking beyond the next two years will find that their companies’ fortunes are tied to the economy’s growth ...

Discover how economic growth rate measures a nation's economic health over time using GDP, along with its formula and ...

“Productivity isn’t everything,” Paul Krugman wrote in his 1990 book, The Age of Diminished Expectations, “but in the long run it is almost everything.” Productivity is a foundation of prosperity. The ...

Walmart reshaped America’s economy once before and may do it again. Back in the 1990s, its innovative big-box model and relentless supply-chain efficiency helped power a national productivity boom.

An enduring consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is a notable shift toward remote and hybrid work. This has raised questions regarding whether the shift had a significant effect on the growth rate of ...

As Canada moves into 2025, its productivity still lags, despite efforts by the federal government to address the issue in the 2024 federal budget. Canada’s productivity has declined in nine of the ...