New research provides a lives-for-lives comparison of economic shutdown versus business as usual during the pandemic.

Putting a dollar value on human lives to compare the costs and benefits of stay-at-home orders can have unintended consequences. These researchers found a different way.

An economist has a simple message about economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: "The better we do on public health, the better the economy will do."

Home foreclosures have painful ramifications that go beyond immediate financial damage, research finds, particularly for a mortage holders on the margin.

A recent survey finds Australians feeling optimistic about their own finances, but less so about the country's overall.

“Quantitative easing” program let households spend more during the last recession. Could it work again?

Why did the stock market rise when COVID-19 cases were spreading in the US? The gains may not be as illogical as they seemed, new research finds.

Race and class inequalities are embedded in the American legal system, a new book argues. The author says major changes are vital to fixing things.

Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation.

New data show just how bad the job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic shutdown may be for workers.