Month: June 2020

In 2019, US live births totaled 3,745,540, down 1% from 2018, declining for the fifth year in a row. They are at a 35-year low despite good economic growth during that period. Birthrates declined for females under 34, were flat…

After first reaching a high of 2,000 active US crude oil and natural gas rigs in early 2008 and then again in late 2011, the number of active rigs last week fell to just 318, breaking the record low of…