Economics

The Detroit riot of 1967, The Great Rebellion, was Detroit's defining moment. Fifty years later, what have we learned?

Every problem is the trolley problem.

The economy has been surprisingly disappointing 👎

"We have enough information to conclude policy mistakes, especially on the demand side, go a long way toward explaining today’s inflation." ~ Alexander William Salter

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Provides a "nowcast" of the official GDP growth estimate prior to its first release.

Co-authored with David Branch & Kevin Bergquist, Wells Fargo Food and Agribusiness Industry Advisors Wells Fargo’s July Fourth Food Inflation Report Fourth of July celebrants will be able to keep an eye on the fireworks and minimize the pain of food inflation by planning early this year – but it will require a little creativity …

A viral tweet claimed the AriZona Iced Tea was raising its price from 99 cents to $1.29. It wasn't true, but could it happen in the near future?

If you want to go to Venice for the day, you’ll soon have to start paying.

The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects.

The average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people is $69.68, which breaks down to less than $7 per person. The overall cost for the cookout is up 17% or about $10 from last year.

Ignore the haters: living standards have improved a lot since the 1980s.

On average, U.S. house prices grew by 18.7% from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022. How has price growth differed by state over various timeframes?

This visual breaks down U.S. household income categories as 100 homes, based on the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Explore North America's crude oil pipelines and refineries across the U.S. and Canada in our interactive map.

We map the state of global democracy, as the Democracy Index hits its lowest point since the inception of the index in 2006.

Shortages of the condiment in France lead to suspicion and rumor, illustrating a timeless human tendency.

All stores have marketing tactics to get you in the door — stylish mannequins, elaborate display windows, posters screaming about all the discounts you can find inside.

A plan to remove Interstate 375 will not bring back the rich history lost when the area was razed to make way for the new road running through the center of ...

We're taking a look at the history of the structure known as the 8 Mile Wall or the Birwood Wall.

In 1941, a developer in Detroit built the Birwood Wall, a barrier meant to separate Black residents from white residents. Eighty years later, it’s now believ...

A discussion and look back (or over) a wall built by developer in the 1940's to separate black and white residents.

Part of a series about labor, violence, and race relations during the pre- and post-war era.

Scholars have always placed two New Deal era federal agencies at the center of the racist policy that steered private mortgage lenders away from Black neighborhoods. However, new research paints a different picture.

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland provides daily “nowcasts” of inflation for two popular price indexes, the price index for personal consumption expenditures (PCE) and the consumer price index (CPI). These nowcasts give a sense of where inflation is today. Released each business day.