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% ...

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, ...

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 ...

A new study by MIT Professor of Economics Daron Acemoglu finds that AI will offer no more than a 0.71% increase in economic productivity over the next decade. Acemoglu joins Market Domination Overtime ...

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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Focusing on the connection between worker well-being and the economy. This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its ...

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 ...

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 ...

Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation – and the vital productivity gains it supports. The Trump administration has already canceled at least US$1.8 ...

Yesterday’s Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update from the Treasury has given political parties their clearest picture yet of the economy they could inherit after November’s election. The near-term ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, robotics, the Internet of Things, data analytics and digital manufacturing systems are rapidly transforming the nature and character of industries worldwide, ...