Economics

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Games, activities, and resources for high school economics classes.

It’s official: the Bear Market of 2022. The S&P 500 has now fallen 20.9% from its high in early January, the largest decline for the index since March 2020. The question everyone’s asking: what happens next? To answer that, we often look back at history, attempting to find parallels with the past. But even a […]

Inevitable adjective incapable of being avoided or evaded I heard that word a lot last week. There is now a fully formed consensus that the US, and indeed the world, now faces an inevitable recession. It can't be avoided. Central banks will have to keep hiking rates because that's the only way to kill inflation. Yes, the inflation

"Crack spreads" are higher than ever. But investors aren't interested in dumping money into fossil fuel expansion.

The FOMC announced it will begin reducing the size of the Fed’s balance sheet in June 2022. How will such reduction work, and how long will it continue?

The world's largest automakers generate a staggering amount of revenue. In fact, in the time it took you to read this, Volkswagen earned over $50,000.

“It’s remarkable to see how the reaction to Kate’s song has engaged new and old fans alike,” Netflix’s Alexandra Patsavas says of the immediate listener reaction.

Graduates of the world’s 50 best universities qualify for a UK visa.

"Farm families are holding their breath at the moment," said John Delmotte, a grower in Monroe County's Raisinville Township.

In low-yield environments, music royalties are an increasingly attractive investment.

Royalty Exchange is a marketplace where investors can buy income-generating intellectual property and other royalty streams as alternative investments.

Songvest is the online marketplace to buy and sell music royalties. Learn more about music financing and these alternative investments.

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The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing as they’d always done. But instead of preserving wild salmon, it propped up a failing system of hatcheries. Now, that system is falling apart.

The billion-dollar all-star cheerleading industry, long dominated by Varsity Brands, is beginning to see glimmers of a more open market. The cracks of daylight follow a pair of foundational blows: …

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Decades-high inflation is leading to a split in American consumers' behavior.

There’s one question on everyone’s mind lately: why are gas prices so high? In this episode of Brew Breakdown, we take a look at the global oil market, explaining how sanctions on Russia have tightened the worldwide of gas supply chain, and why prices may vary state to state. #GasPrices #Oil #Inflation #BrewBreakdown Got a topic you want us to cover? Let us know in the comments below. Want more Brew Breakdown? Watch it here: https://bit.ly/WatchBrewBreakdown Subscribe to Morning Brew Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew

Several platforms have seen more demand than ever for all things outdoors.

The Dearborn Public Health Department distributed baby formula to the public Friday morning, yet supplies ran out within an hour due to high demands.

The Dow divisor is a numerical value that is used to calculate the level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts said on Monday night that the university will not provide balloons to release at Husker football games this fall because of a helium shortage.

The film is expected to bring in between $98–$125 million domestically in its opening weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Even when regular workers win their biggest raises in decades, they look minuscule compared with what CEOs are getting.

The move away from daily cleaning gained traction during the pandemic, and industry insiders say it's driven by customer preferences. But others say it has more to do with profit.

Parmigiano Reggiano has used tracking codes for two decades, but now they are going high tech.

US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer said it would sell its patented drugs at cost to 45 low-income countries.

It’s time-consuming, expensive, and difficult.