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Labor and Employment

Find statistics on employment, worker benefits, minimum wage rates, weekly earnings, and more. Layoff Statistics 50 Highest Metropolitan Areas in 2006: Number of Extended Mass Layoff…

U.S. Economy and the Federal Budget

Find information on the economic outlook in the U.S., government spending, international investment and trade, gross domestic product, consumer and producer price indexes,…

Foreign Trade

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)Stock MarketBusiness Motor Vehicles and Shipping

Economy

Cite The New York Stock Exchange is one of the most influential and recognizable centers of the global economy. Get stats on the U.S. economy, the federal budget, poverty, health insurance,…

Gordon, Bruce S.

(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Bruce S., 1946–, African-American business executive and civil-rights leader, b. Camden, N.J.; grad. Gettysburg College (B.A., 1968), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S…

Kydland, Finn Erling

(Encyclopedia) Kydland, Finn Erling, 1943–, Norwegian economist, Ph.D Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1973. He has taught at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (since 1973),…

Newberry, Walter Loomis

(Encyclopedia) Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804–68, American merchant and banker, b. East Windsor (in the section now South Windsor), Conn. In 1822 he entered the shipping business with his brother…