Economy News Immigration Is Powering The U S Economy

We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like

If we have sustainable employment growth combined with a low unemployment rate, it tells us that the labor market is healthy: When the number of new jobs created is roughly in sync with the number of ... Read More

Business owners and economists say ICE crackdowns are leading to a critical labor shortage — how Trump’s immigration policy could hit your bottom line

The influx of foreign workers over the last few years is also responsible for the U.S. avoiding a recession following the pandemic, experts say. Temporary foreign workers eased labor shortages and ... Read More

Immigration Still Powers The US Economy, Even With The Crackdown

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ... Read More

The economic benefits of migration for host countries

When migration is in the news, it is often cast in negative terms, but it has many benefits for host countries, from economic growth to critical support for systems like Social Security that support ... Read More

Tonantzin Carmona and Luis Gutiérrez: The economic fallout of immigration enforcement — and what Chicago can do about it

Every immigration raid causes a wave of fear. This results in empty tables and darkened windows across Chicago’s Latino business districts. Read More

CBS News poll finds rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

How the U.S. economy is defying gravity—and how insights into human behavior help us understand why

U.S. economists may be barely holding on by the edge of their fingernails over the current state of the American economy, but strangely, consumers don’t seem to care. When Donald Trump entered his ... Read More

Econometer: What are you thankful for about the economy?

It has been a complicated year for San Diego County’s economy with the unemployment rate hitting the highest point since 2021 and inflation picking back up again. Yet there have been some bright spots ... Read More