Florida’s consumer confidence fell sharply in October to 71, down seven points from September and its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new University of Florida survey.
The Illinois Medical District adds $3.4 billion to the Chicago region's economy, is responsible for 18,000 jobs, and contributes $75 million in tax revenue to the state and nine-county area, according to an economic impact study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Despite a 7.2 percent national unemployment rate, the job market is a healthy one for college students majoring in information systems, with nearly three quarters of students receiving at least one job offer, according to the nationwide IS Job Index by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and Temple University’s Fox School of Business.
The 15th annual Arkansas Poll, conducted during the federal shutdown, found residents of the state dramatically more pessimistic about the future while continuing the trend toward identifying as Republican-leaning Independents.
Military veterans who report having common financial problems, such as bouncing a check or going over their credit limit, are four times more likely to become homeless in the next year than veterans without such problems.
Poverty coupled with stress have long-lasting effects on brain function, according to a study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The U.S. angel investor market in the first two quarters of 2013 showed signs that sustainable growth has taken hold since the correction in the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009, with total investments at $9.7 billion, an increase of 5.2 percent over the same period in 2012, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
There is a science to crafting a good bit and delivering a funny one-liner. And like any skill, Peter Orazem and Gavin Jerome believe it’s one students in their Comedy College course at Iowa State University can learn – no joke, they can learn to be funny.
Kansas home sales should rise by more than 5 percent in 2014 according to the 2014 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast series published by the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate.
Economists gave imaginative tests to people outside the laboratory to determine how they respond in real world setting to incentives and then compared those results with the ways people respond when they don’t have the same incentives.
If you think young people don’t know how to manage money and pay down their credit cards, then you should think again. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond shows young borrowers –- 18 to 25 years old -- are among the least likely credit card users to have a serious default on their cards. Not only that, they’re also more likely to be good credit risks later in life.
Employment in Wichita, Kan., and the rest of the United States has remained stable, according to new research by Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research.
Research by David Weinbaum, associate professor of finance at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and two co-authors, finds that stocks with high sensitivities to jump and volatility risk have low expected returns.
In response to past economic crises such as the Great Depression, Americans demanded government policy solutions to widespread unemployment and rising income insecurity. But a new study found that public support for government efforts to address social problems actually declined in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis.
Mixed-income neighborhoods help improve the safety and wellbeing of low-income residents, but cannot relieve deeply entrenched poverty or provide upward mobility without additional social services and supports, say Peabody and University of Chicago researchers.
The state of New Hampshire experienced the largest increase in child poverty of any state in the country from 2011 to 2012, according to new research from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
The U.S. recession that began in December 2007 may have officially ended in June 2009, but in terms of job status, pay and retirement options, American workers are feeling its lingering negative impact, according to a new study by Florida State University Professor Wayne Hochwarter.
The Phoenix-area housing market –- hit especially hard during the recession -- appears to be starting its slow march back to normal. A new report from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University reveals the latest data for Maricopa and Pinal counties, as of July.
Fracking for natural gas may negatively impact the value of homes near the drill site, according to a survey to be reported in a forthcoming issue of The Journal of Real Estate Literature.
Independent, financially-literate audit committees lead to higher firm values and less diversion of resources by management, shows a new study by researchers at the University of Toronto.
But the paper, which looked at small companies that voluntarily adopted standards required of larger companies, also says it’s important for regulators to stay flexible around rules requiring high-quality audit committees, particularly for smaller firms that may be hurt by expensive director compensation costs.
In a recent study, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology found that people who get their financial news in a video versus the more traditional text format are less likely to make major investment decisions, regardless of whether the news is positive or negative.