The COVID-19 pandemic brought a surge of telemedicine, especially when public and private health insurers became willing to reimburse for it.
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh delivered the 2023 Presidential Address to the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association on the subject of “The remote work revolution: Impact on real estate values and the urban environment” (Real Estate Economics, January2023, pp. 7-48, subscription or library access required).
One might expect that certain sectors of the economy will have faster productivity growth than others: for example, productivity seems likely to grow faster for semiconductor manufacturers than for a gas station.
Lebanese supermarkets have started pricing items in US dollars instead of the local currency, which has suffered a dramatic decline due to the country's ongoing economic crisis.
The legendary investor Warren Buffett each year publishes a letter to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, both reporting returns from the previous year and also offering reflections on past investment decisions and philosophies.
The behavior of inflation was already a mystery before it started rising in 2021.
Canada has experienced significant economic growth over the past few decades.