Economics

Here's a look how much it costs to buy ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner from Aldi, Costco, Trader Joe's, Walmart and Whole Foods.

Consumer spending makes up almost 70% of the US economy, and businesses are fighting for a slice of the pie. The more we can understand what motivates people to buy, the easier it will be to market to them. Check out the infographic below to see the breakdown of shopping trends by each generation.

The delay of the spring buying season prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to fuel home sales into the colder months that are typically slower for the housing market. Data from Farmington Hills-based Realcomp Ltd. II released this week shows yet another consecutive month of year-over-year…

Black Friday is nearly here, and Neil Bage, a behavioural economics expert and director of behavioural insight at Be-IQ shares his six tips to avoid getting ripped off on the day. Shoppers will spend billions of pounds during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. But you should remember that retailers use a host of…chrome-extension://ldgfbffkinooeloadekpmfoklnobpien/index.html?browser_action#/my/15078363?full=true

This is the latest item that could be at risk for shortage.

The 2000 presidential election was defined by dimpled, hanging and pregnant chads — tiny holes punched in paper ballots that became the focal point of the Florida recount that decided the presidency.The 2020 presidential election may be remembered for the time-consuming process of Michigan…

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Dr. Ashley Whillans teaches at the Harvard Business School. She is an award-winning and leading global expert on the relationship between time, money, and happiness. Her thoughts are regularly shared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, just to name a few.

Innovations gave the U.S. a trade advantage in goods many years ago. Can innovations do the same for trade in services for the U.S.?

It’s a waste if we don’t use failure as a basis to learn and improve. Check out this story and more news from The Coca-Cola Company.

Stanford's Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson are honored for their "inventions of new auction formats." Auctions are now used to price Internet ads, wholesale electricity and fishing permits.

Denver is experiencing its most competitive housing market in history, largely driven by the new work-from-anywhere culture of the coronavirus pandemic.

McDonald's said its U.S. same-store sales in the third quarter rose nearly 5% as customers ate more Big Macs and McNuggets for dinner.

By paying in installments, you can keep shopping even if you're light on cash.

As state legislators contemplate the future of unemployment benefits, the health of Michigan's economy hangs in the balance. Michigan's quick recovery, largely thanks to the automotive sector working double time after two months of lost production, has stalled out. Jobs posts remain well…

As if it hasn't been hard enough recruiting work forces over the past couple of years, with booming sales and low unemployment, before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, as business slowly creeps back to normal, automotive companies face a new challenge: Amazon. The online marketplace plans to…

Last week, the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission released their U.S. National Strategy for Financial Literacy 2020. We thought that of particular interest to many of our teachers would be their recommended Best Practices:  “Based on an extensive review of academic research, consultations with experts, and discussions with members of the FLEC, a number of themes regarding effective financial literacy and education have crystalized.

Fiscal 50: State Trends and Analysis, an interactive resource from The Pew Charitable Trusts, allows you to sort and analyze data on key fiscal, economic, and demographic trends in the 50 states and understand their impact on states’ fiscal health.