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ARTICLES BY HARRIET TORRY

Note: Total approvals include new employment approvals, continuation approvals, same employer approvals, concurrent approvals, change of employer approvals and amended approvals. Data are through the third quarter of fiscal 2025, which ends Sept. 30. (Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)

Who uses H-1B visas the most, in charts

2 min read . 23 Sept 2025

The faltering U.S. labour market is pushing more Americans into part-time work. (AFP)

More Americans are stuck with the jobs they can get, not the ones they want

4 min read . 14 Sept 2025

Trump Is Taking Credit for New U.S. Factories. Does He Deserve It?

Trump is taking credit for new US factories. Does he deserve it?

5 min read . 13 Jul 2025

Abortion is now banned or heavily restricted in about one-third of U.S. states. (Image: Pexel)

How abortion bans are affecting where women live and work

4 min read . 06 Jul 2025

US-China 90-day tariff truce lowers effective rate to 35%, averting economic standstill but inf lation risks linger. (Image: AFP)

What the US-China tariff rollback means for the American economy

4 min read . 13 May 2025

A Starship booster at the Starbase site in March. (Reuters)

Welcome to Starbase, Texas. What’s next for Musk’s rocket-building company town

4 min read . 04 May 2025

Shipping containers at the Port of Seattle in Seattle, Washington, US, Beijing imposed 125% tariffs on inbound U.S. goods in response to President Trump setting levies that add up to 145% in his second term. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

The US exports a lot of stuff to China. Here’s a breakdown

3 min read . 17 Apr 2025

Inflation in the US has trended lower over the past year. Photo: Bloomberg

Inflation cooled in September; CPI up 2.4% on year

1 min read . 10 Oct 2024

Illustration: Johnny Simon, iStock

Hey baby, can I get your number? And by that, I mean your credit score

4 min read . 18 Aug 2024

Marie and Jake Tromburg at home with their children, and the family’s dog, Zoey. (Photo: Kristen Zeis for WSJ)

Inflation hurts most for the things we can’t skimp on

6 min read . 12 Aug 2024

Business and academic economists surveyed by the Journal lowered the probability of a recession within the next year, to 39% from 48% in the October survey.

It Won’t Be a Recession—It Will Just Feel Like One

3 min read . 14 Jan 2024

Sales at toy stores and other gift sellers declined last month, leading a broader pullback in spending.

Toy Shoppers Come Down With a Case of the Holiday Blahs

4 min read . 23 Nov 2023

cot Yarnell, co-owner of a craft brewery in Toledo, said his business was largely unaffected during the strike.

UAW’s Six-Week Strike Was Barely a Speed Bump for Jeep’s Hometown

4 min read . 02 Nov 2023

Fed officials will see two more months of inflation readings before their final policy meeting of the year on Dec. 12-13. (File Photo: AFP)

Inflation trends likely to keep Fed rate-hike pause on track

2 min read . 27 Oct 2023

Inflation, as measured by the consumer-price index, is expected to tick down to 2.4% by the end of next year. PHOTO: MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES

A Recession Is No Longer the Consensus

3 min read . 15 Oct 2023

BCG management consultant Caroline Giese conducts a virtual meeting in a booth at a North Carolina WeWork space.

The Companies Bringing the Office to Remote Workers

4 min read . 10 Oct 2023

Americans’ Growing Reluctance to Quit Their Jobs, in Five Charts

Americans’ Growing Reluctance to Quit Their Jobs, in Five Charts

3 min read . 03 Oct 2023

Child care hasn’t recovered from covid, keeping many parents at home

4 min read . 06 Feb 2023

The US consumer is starting to freak out

7 min read . 31 Jan 2023

On average, economists put the probability of a recession in the next 12 months at 63%, up from 49% in July’s survey. It is the first time the survey pegged the probability above 50% since July 2020, in the wake of the last short but sharp recession (Photo: SolStock)

Economists now expect a recession, job losses by next year

4 min read . 16 Oct 2022