Oof, family vacation off to a bad start? It’s probably because you’re trying to save money during your trip, because you spent too much planning your trip. A...

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

How much power does the Fed have? According to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the limit basically does not exist! New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek joins the show to talk about her new book Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis.For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

There's a common myth about who pays their fair share, and who doesn't.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOYou might have heard that the poor in Am...

Worksheet – GDP Related news articles: Consumption, the biggest component of US GDP, looks fragile (Fxcm.com, April 2023) and Americans are flocking to movie theaters. Could it be a recession warning? (Quartz, April 21, 2023) Summary: This worksheet could be used for in-class or homework practice...

And things aren’t looking too good in the U.S., either.

Plant lovers’ spending is up — sometimes with unbelievable price points.

A Taylor Swift concert is a combination of music concert and broadway play costing over $100M. Ever wonder what the logistics is for the one of the most expensive concert tours in history? 1/ pic.twitter.com/oM6g8h6ZtC— Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️ (@FreightAlley) May 6, 2023

Is it expensive to eat at an MLB ballpark? It can depend on which stadium you are at, a USA TODAY analysis shows.

Tyson Foods' stock closed down 16.4% Monday after the company cut its sales forecast.

An inverted yield curve is an unusual state in which longer-term bonds have a lower yield than short-term debt instruments.

Taylor Swift correctly captures the behavior of these senators when she sings, Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism, Like some kind of congressman?

“RT @EconTrudeau: I’m done teaching for the semester but I’d love to talk about externalities and people like this in different cities “seei…”

An American couple was caught trying to smuggle 375 POUNDS of Fruit Roll Ups into the State of Israel after prices skyrocketed once the snack became part of a viral TikTok trend. Did you pack your bags yourselves and also are they full of exclusively candy? pic.twitter.com/GtGh76Z9n9— Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) May 1, 2023

For actively managed funds, the odds of beating the market over the long run are like finding a needle in a haystack.

New York City may be known as the bagel capital of the world, but its inhabitants are subject to a "bagel tax" whenever they choose to buy a pre-sliced bagel with cream cheese.

Buying stuff online is stressful. Reserving a room is excruciating.

Online sportsbooks are trying to move odds in their favor for their own high-stakes arms race.

Buying U.S. government bonds is among the safest investments you can make. In fact, people often put their college funds and retirement savings into bonds. I...

In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.

Children are never too young to start learning basic economic concepts such as scarcity, saving, and spending. Discover how this collection of popular picture books can give your classroom an instant economic boost, introducing new vocabulary and concepts while developing reading comprehension and listening and speaking skills.

While cities have enacted similar policies, New York’s marks the first statewide ban.

The company said the average daily price of renting an Airbnb has jumped 36% in the last three years.

“RT @hannahgabes: I think about this every time I teach automatic stabilizers”

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive platforms.

Key financial differences between the most common ways to own a home.

NYC has seen a rise in Kia and Hyundai thefts.

John Oliver discusses cryptocurrency, three of the biggest crypto companies to collapse over the past year, and what to do when your office is giving off “cr...