Economy

Taking a break from elections, this week’s charts update our May 2023 analysis, “The Four Addictions.” There we observed America’s growing and increasingly unsustainable dependencies on debt, China, digital technologies,...

Customers have come to expect when they order something online, it arrives in two days or less. But with increasing adverse weather events like Houston’s heatwaves, Florida’s hurricanes and other extreme storms, it’s...

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell strongly hinted that interest rates are likely coming down soon during his much-anticipated remarks on Friday morning at the annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole,...

A standard gold bar is now worth $1 million after weeks of soaring prices catapulted the precious metal to a record-breaking $2,500 an ounce earlier this week, Business Insider previously...

The union representing workers at the Canadian National Railway (CN) says they will strike next week, in a new threat to the economy after promising to challenge a government decision...

United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has offered an explicit endorsement of interest rate cuts, saying further cooling in the job market would be unwelcome and expressing confidence that...

Americans believe that you need an average net worth of $2.5 million to be considered wealthy, according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Logica Research from March 4-18...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated on Friday that the central bank is ready to start cutting its key interest rate, possibly as early as next month, in an effort...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said “the time has come” for the central bank to adjust its monetary policy, signaling that rate cuts could soon lower borrowing costs for American...

Groups backing a universal basic income trial in Peru are hoping that unconditional payments to Indigenous communities will help preserve the Amazon rainforest. Since November, 188 people living in three...