One of the brighter spots in this economy over the last few years has been labor productivity: how much stuff we’re all making compared to how much time we’re doing it. Productivity increased 1.2% in ...

Explore how the One-Third Rule estimates changes in labor productivity from shifts in capital investment, impacting economic growth and living standards.

The labor market will continue to be tight for employers over the remainder of the decade, as Census projections show. Hiring became a bit easier in 2023, but the long-run demographics will constrain ...

The working-age population in the United States is not growing, at least not enough to measure. With President Trump’s immigration enforcement, we may even have more people leaving the country than ...

Thirty years ago, the U.S. entered an era of productivity gains that enabled healthy growth. Experts are asking if it could happen again. By Jeanna Smialek The last time the American economy was ...

A report this week tallied a 0.4% increase in productivity during Q2, after recording a 0.5% drop during Q1. It also found that 54% of firms had lawyers billing more hours relative to Q2 2023. The ...

The promise of AI being a practical answer to increasing productivity and your bottom line is always subject to having good data to feed the AI model. Thankfully, AI-driven technology can enhance the ...

Canadian business productivity rebounded in the third quarter of 2025 as output rose and hours worked edged down, according to a report from Statistics Canada (StatsCan). Labour productivity in the ...