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

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.

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.

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

Rent assistance and moratoriums on evictions are lagging behind the pandemic's impact on people's ability to pay, researchers report.

"If policymakers prioritize short-term economic productivity more, their quarantine policies may lead to many times more deaths and hospitalizations..."

As of May 5, Iran had recorded over 6,000 deaths and nearly 100,000 cases of the novel coronavirus. "It's a very grave situation," says Hadi Kahalzadeh.