In a rush to file for Social Security benefits at age 62? Many people are - but slow down and do the math first.

The Uncertainty of Q3 Earnings Season During every quarterly corporate earnings season, independent research analysts create reports that provide estimates of a company’s expected earnings for future quarters and for the next year. All of these analysts’ estimates taken together are then considered “consensus” earnings estimates.

After withering during the 10-year period from 2000 through 2010, manufacturing employment in the U.S. turned around and started climbing. Sure Twitter and wunderkinds of the digital age make a few people rich and attract big money, but they do not employ vast numbers of people. Those they do employ by and large have digital and creative skills, the products of advanced education. But Twitter is not what General Motors once was, with sprawling factories and tens of thousands of employees, many of them not needing college educations.

The Health Information National Trends Survey reports that 75% of Americans go to the internet first when looking for information about health or medical topics. YouTube is one of the most popular online platforms, with billions of views every day, and has emerged as a significant source of health information.

COVID-19, Nursing Homes and LTC Facilities

The United States Census Bureau has been collecting data in as close to real-time as possible in order to provide empirical insights into how Americans are really doing during COVID-19.