The year 2021 begins with a new incoming president and hope for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic – two factors that may have the greatest impact on the nation’s economy.

Pennsylvania’s hospitals fueled $143 billion in total economic impact and supported one in nine jobs in the state last year, according to a new report released this week by the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP).

A task force created by the York County Commissioners is set to begin working on a plan for the county’s post-pandemic recovery.

The Lancaster Chamber and the Economic Development Company of Lancaster County (EDC) unveiled a recovery plan for the county’s economy that outlines a series of strategies to prepare to reopen businesses.

Tait Towers Manufacturing laid off 257 employees from its corporate headquarters in Lititz at the end of March.

Lancaster city maintains a strong food manufacturing industry and has a population growing nearly as quickly as the U.S., but continues to deal with an inadequate amount of affordable housing and a lack of qualified candidates for jobs.

Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed is well known as the city's longest running mayor and in that time, he helped grow the city to where it is today. City officials say Harrisburg received a vision for the future that it wouldn't have had without him.

Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed, who died on Saturday following a 14 year fight with prostate cancer, was remembered as a driving force of economic development in Harrisburg and a friend of the city’s business community.

Not all successful careers start with a college degree. I understand it may seem strange for a community college president to say that a college degree is not necessary to have a career that earns a family-sustaining wage. At HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, this philosophy is reflected through our new purpose statement: Learning for ...

While economic indicators remain high for the U.S. economy as a whole, central and southeastern Pennsylvania have been beset by tumultuous global trade and a weak manufacturing sector for the last year and a half, according to a recently published study by analysts at RKL, a business consulting firm based in Lancaster.

Do you remember when banks used to pay a reasonable sum for cash deposits? It may seem like quite a while ago, but money market investments used to yield between 3% and 4% while a 13 month CD could earn you a whopping 4.5% or even 5%.

The nationwide shortage of construction workers is posing challenges for the industry, including making it harder to meet deadlines, raising costs to complete projects, and forcing firms to ask their skilled laborers to do more work. There's no easy solutions in sight, but those in the field are making efforts to tackle the problem.

There have been a number of signals lately to indicate the US economy may be slowing or heading toward a recession. Here are some good procurement and strategic sourcing practices for both good times and bad.