Hot summer housing market
With most of the country withering in the summer heat, one sector of the economy appears to be cooling.
July 25, 2022


Education and health services led the slowdown.
October 27, 2026With most of the country withering in the summer heat, one sector of the economy appears to be cooling.
July 25, 2022
Given that my husband and I both are economists, it was only natural that a recent family dinner conversation centered around which meme would best represent inflation.
July 18, 2022
Wages, the bridge between job growth and inflation, will determine whether the Federal Reserve can put the brakes on prices without skidding the economy into recession.
July 11, 2022
The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, the biggest rate hike since 1994.
June 21, 2022
Not only has the labor market not fully recovered from the pandemic, it hasn’t even kept up with population and economic growth.
June 13, 2022
I spend a lot of time talking about small employers because they punch above their weight when it comes to the economy.
June 6, 2022
At Davos, the discussion has always had a common thread: The benefits of globalization. But that theme has begun to fray.
May 31, 2022
Data is fast becoming the universal language of business.
May 23, 2022


Nela Richardson, Ph.D.
Chief Economist, ESG Officer, and head of ADP Research
Dr. Nela Richardson is chief economist and ESG officer for ADP Inc. She also leads the independent team at ADP Research, which provides reliable and timely data-driven discovery for use by the public, business leaders, and policymakers.