Economics

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...

And are these rental boogeymen actually to blame?

New Census Bureau data show that for the first time since 2015 more than half of all renter households have reported struggling to pay their housing costs.

Is the millennial homeownership situation as bad as it seems?

Recessions, debt, soaring home prices, climbing mortgage rates: Millennials have been screwed over by the housing market, and the future looks bleak.

Spikes in material costs have added $18,500 to the price of an average new single-family home. Plus, the industry is struggling to hire.

Millennials added seven million homeowners in the last five years, more than any other generation. Now, almost 52% of Millennials own homes.

Our analysis of premiums and payouts in California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri shows that some major insurers charge minority neighborhoods as much as 30 percent more than other areas with similar accident costs.

And are these rental boogeymen actually to blame?

This session features delightful new picture books, copyrighted 2018-2023, that can be used to teach economics and personal finance.