During the latter part of 2025, the Fed made three consecutive cuts to its benchmark interest rate. Those cuts came on the ...

Sitting quietly at your desk, watching TV, or lying in bed at night, your heart should be taking it easy – beating steadily and calmly at somewhere between 60 and 80 beats per minute for most healthy ...

Inflation and the ability of Democrats and Republicans to work together top the public’s list of the biggest problems facing the country, with 62% of Americans describing inflation as a very big ...

China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank. China is one of the world's most unaffordable places to raise a ...

China's population fell for the second consecutive year as the birth rate reached a record low. The government has tried to address the issue by reversing old policies and giving incentives. But an ...

Emily Klancher Merchant is affiliated with the Population Association of America. Win Brown is affiliated with the Population Association of America. In the face of shrinking populations, many of the ...