Economy

For the ninth year in a row, more tourists have visited Washington D.C. than ever before. The city attracted 21.9 million domestic visitors in 2018, according to Destination D.C., the city’s official tourism and marketing office. That’s…

If it felt crowded on the Mall or other tourist hotspots last year, that’s because it was: 21.9 million people from around the country visited the District in 2018 and spent $7.8 billion — both record numbers, the city’s official marketing…

Some were highs, others were lows. And WeWork is now the District’s largest private office tenant

Downtown D.C. saw booms in development and tourism last year, but also notched a record-high office vacancy rate and sluggish employment growth, according to a new report.

Demand for D.C. hotel rooms fell short of expectations in the first quarter, a trend experts and tourism officials attribute to the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.

Once a government town, DC is now home to extreme wealth. Who the billionaires are, how they live, and what it means for the rest of us.

A week ago, DC's Office of the Chief Financial Officer released its latest economic and revenue trends report that included a number of statistics about the DC economy in 2018. UrbanTurf reviewed that report as well as several other…

The longest government shutdown in history is expected to come to a halt Friday, with Congress on track to approve a short-term funding deal to reopen the federal government. But economists in the D.C. region say the furlough could leave a…

On October 23, the Washingtonian published an alarmist article on what receiving Amazon HQ2 could mean for the region: a massive housing shortage.

When Blaine Smith arrived for work as a barista at the CityCenter Dolcezza last Wednesday, he learned that his hourly wage was changing from $13.25 an hour plus tips to $10.50 plus tips, effective that day. The shift is emblematic of a…