Every month, the federal government serves up a steady diet of economic reports on everything from the price of groceries to the unemployment rate. These reports are closely followed: They can move ...

Explore whether economics can be considered a science, analyzing its classification, testability, and consensus within social science debates.

What matters more: actual economic performance or the perception of it? Fundamentals clearly influence public opinion: if the economy is growing rapidly, people tend to notice. Yet perception can both ...

Statistics influence nearly everything. That is, the information and context derived from statistical analysis help to shape important decisions that have local, national, and global impacts. For ...

The Biden administration has set out to measure the economic value of ecosystems, offering new statistics to weigh in policy decisions. By Lydia DePillis Forests that keep hillsides from eroding and ...

The Trump administration stands on the cusp of something potentially transformative. If President Trump succeeds in unleashing a new era of energy abundance and securing America’s leadership in ...

Dr. Leslie Abrahams, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Economic Security & Technology Department, CSIS Dr. Leslie Abrahams is a leading expert in energy ...

President Donald Trump tossed out a bunch of economic statistics during his State of the Union address. Here are three that ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Welcome to the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics at the University of Delaware. We are an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to developing and applying ...