To match the GDP growth rates of the past 20 years, the United States needs a 34 percent acceleration in productivity growth to a rate not achieved since the 1960s.more
Reducing debt in mature economies continues to be a long and slow process. But lessons of history show that with the right reforms during deleveraging, countries can return to robust long-term growth.more
The United States faces a future in which the elements of economic leadership are moving abroad. Reversing these trends will require the private and public sectors to collaborate.more
McKinsey's new survey research finds that companies using the Web intensively gain greater market share and higher margins.more
Advancing technologies and their swift adoption are upending traditional business models. Senior executives need to think strategically about how to prepare their organizations for the challenging new environment.more
US multinationals represent less than 1 percent of all US companies, yet they contribute disproportionately to the US economy's growth and health in many ways.more
With unemployment hovering just below 10 percent, job creation is now priority number one in Washington. But America’s jobs challenge is a marathon, not a sprint.more
Global economic integration and technological advances have combined to produce permanent changes in the skill levels required to flourish in the US labor market.more
Recent trends in health care costs, health care coverage, and household income have contributed to growing disparities between different income groups in the United States.more
US consumers are spending less and saving more. Unless incomes grow faster, each percentage-point increase in the saving rate would reduce spending by more than $100 billion—a serious drag on any recovery.more
Most US baby boomers are not prepared for their retirement, and neither are the US and world economies. Boomers can help mitigate the consequences by remaining in the workforce beyond the traditional retirement age.more
The Committee for Economic Development hosted a forum to mark the release of MGI's report on jobs and the future of the American workforce.more
What Matters—The US, along with much of the developed world, is considering the grim possibility of low economic growth and high unemployment for the long term.more
Estimated shortage of US college graduates in the workforce in 2020more