With bipartisan congressional talks to end the U.S. government shutdown bogging down on Friday, the hit to the national economy is growing, experts said. "Even if there is a reopening of the ...

Economists are starting to put a price tag on the six-week government shutdown. But some of their calculations will be difficult to make because the shutdown temporarily limited government data.

Nobel laureates James Robinson, Joel Mokyr explored origins of the modern economy with Harris and Booth colleagues at recent ...