Life Expectancy: Final data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Americans’ life expectancy fell 1.8 years to 77 years in 2020.
The pandemic drove U.S. population growth to a record low of 0.1% this year, according to Census Bureau figures, showing how the pandemic is changing the country’s demographic contours,
- Seventeen states lost population, led by New York, Illinois, Hawaii and California.
American workers are burned out, and employers are struggling to respond, Te-Ping Chen and Ray A. Smith report. In the first 10 months of this year, U.S. workers handed in nearly 39 million resignations, the highest number since tracking began in 2000. Companies are trying to stop the exodus through measures including mandatory companywide vacation days and blackout hours when meetings are banned.
Rental building owners look set to reap record profits in the year ahead, with rents rising and investors spending more to snap up apartment buildings, Will Parker reports. New household formation, delayed during early lockdowns, led to a surge in new leases. Meanwhile, the priciest housing market in history forced many would-be buyers to keep renting.