Economics

Land remains the starkest turf of bigotry in American life. Blacks have been kept out, locked in, preyed upon and segregated by their most basic need when slavery...

By Charlene Crowell, Center for Responsible Lending Photo by Doug Marlette The old adage, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ seems somehow an apt description for what a growing number of communities are suffering: a lack of fair lending. In recent weeks and in varying locales, the issue of redlining has led […]

The moon, private space travel, and the wider solar system will all have major missions over the next 12 months.

In the 1980s Nauru was the richest country in the world on a per capita basis. Nauru's wealth can be entirely attributed to its deposits on Phosphate, a subs...

What people are doing when they are happy and not, from age 20 to 70.

Ruling is part of a package of measures designed to reduce waste and increase recycling

Move could provide income for homeless and clean up Barcelona’s streets and beaches, says government

The FTC wants to eliminate noncompete agreements in the U.S. to make labor markets more competitive, but will likely face strong pushback from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a leading lobbying group.

European Economic History Lecture Slides

Release Table for Nov 2022, Job Openings by Industry and Region: Levels, Seasonally Adjusted. FRED: Download, graph, and track economic data.

Interactive charts reporting results from the monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations plus links to data for download

How the cult of consumerism ushered in an era of badly made products.

Pickleball now boasts the support of LeBron James, Tom Brady and more than 36 million other Americans.

Post-tweedy academic types and the Terminally Online insist that the Internet has killed off the American impulse to engage in a collective media experience. However, this interpretation only holds…

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard presented 'The Prospects for Disinflation in 2023' at an event hosted by CFA Society St. Louis.

How much money is in a brand? And which brands have risen and fallen? This animation tracks the most valuable brands over 20+ years

More states are slashing or eliminating taxes, lessening the burden mostly for the wealthy. What does that cost the rest of us?

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a new rule that bans the use of noncompete agreements, calling them an exploitative practice that suppresses wages and hampers innovation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, evidence that the economy remains healthy even as the Federal Reserve is rapidly raising interest rates to try to slow economic growth and the pace of hiring .

Peninsula Township created a new ordinance after facing a lawsuit from 11 wineries. But farmers say it could negatively impact them, devaluing their property as farmland.

The proposed rule could impact everyone from Big Tech execs to unpaid social media interns.

Most firms offer some form of wellness program to help workers and family members identify health issues and manage chronic conditions. Some employers believe that improving the health of their wor…

Petroleum is a critical input in modern economies, but how do oil supply shocks impact real economic activity and employment?

The Federal Open Market Committee’s monetary policy has expanded beyond changing the federal funds rate to include forward guidance and balance sheet policy. Using these tools may shorten lags in monetary policy transmitting to inflation. Using a proxy funds rate that incorporates tightening from these additional policy tools, we find evidence of a shorter lag in policy transmission to inflation since 2009, though with high associated uncertainty.

Covid cases in China saw a spike following the country's relaxation of strict Covid rules - but so are the prices of TCM and certain fruits.

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)