Construction is a labor-intensive business. Despite tremendous advances in design, coordination, and management technologies, the physical installation of work in the field remains reliant on people.

Over short time periods, such as a few quarters or a couple of years, productivity correlates very strongly with gross domestic product. Total output drives the market opportunity of companies. Total ...

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The Department of Labor reported Thursday that first-time claims for unemployment bumped up slightly last week: 226,000 filed new claims, up from 219,000 the week before. And during that week before — ...

Moving this discussion out of the Presidential Race thread per request. Reposting some of my thoughts to kick off discussion here (minor tweaks): The balance between Labor and Capital in the USA has ...

Canadian business productivity rebounded in the third quarter of 2025 as output rose and hours worked edged down, according to a report from Statistics Canada (StatsCan). Labour productivity in the ...