Economics

It wasn’t long ago that the U.S. economy needed a shot in the arm. Millions of Americans had lost their jobs as the country shut itself down to slow the spread …

Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined. Photo illustration: Adele Morgan More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM #SupplyChain #Documentary #WSJ

Wages are rising but it's not enough. Nearly two-thirds of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck.

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Hotel guests leave behind millions of half-used bars of soap every day. A nonprofit is on a mission to repurpose them.

Course catalogs from over 11,000 high schools reveal that guaranteed access to Personal Finance courses expanded to nearly 1 in 4 high school students in 2022.

Even the low end of the range is disturbingly high... Answer: $6,569 Questions: Are you surprised by the amount of credit card debt people carry? Why or why not? What negative consequences can you think of for carrying a credit card balance from month to month?

Best finance movies and documentaries for high school and middle school personal finance classrooms. Some free, some subscription or rental. Enjoy this list of the 21 top finance movies.

In high school, we spend most of our days with friends and immediate family. But then we get jobs, start a family, retire, and there’s a shift in who we spend our days with.

Cremation is now more popular in the United States than a traditional casket burial, and twice as common as it was two decades ago. What does that say about us?

The most common error in economics journalism.

Financial Education Affects Financial Knowledge and Downstream Behaviors. A meta-analysis of a decade of research indicates that financial education is effective in improving both knowledge and behavior.

iNSPIRE lesson plans and presentations for grades 6-12 to accompany the "This is Capitalism" video series in partnership with Economics Arkansas, James Wilcox (Southern Miss.) and Stephens Inc. Available for previewing and downloading at no charge.

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Consumer spending has remained resilient, giving companies permission to offset increased costs of production.

Key holdout Senator Joe Manchin said Tuesday he discussed a tax increase and deficit reduction bill with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as a way to reduce soaring inflation.

Affirm, the fintech startup known for providing installment loans to shoppers, publicly filed its S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.

From electronics to auto parts, the world has become more reliant on Chinese goods since the pandemic started in 2020, Bernstein analysts said.

What if the debate between active and indexed stock investing were a Broadway musical about competing gangs, like West Side Story? Whether sung, read, or spo...

What if investment firms advertising active management were required to include full disclosure of the historically low success rate of active versus indexin...

The productivity pay gap. Workers are more efficient than they used to be, but wages haven't kept up. Streaming saturation. How many streaming services are too many? Sonos. If you can't beat 'em...

In many of the world's largest economies, including the U.S., Germany, and China, optimism around economic prospects sits at an all-time low.

For the vast majority of countries, interest rates are marching upward. Here’s how they break down in 2022.

It would plunge the country’s economy into one of its worst post-financial crisis recessions.

Detroit is the most segregated city in America, according to a new study from the Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of…

Major inequities are apparent between white residents and Black residents in Detroit, according to a new report released by Detroit Future City.

Following the fire and violence of 1967, Detroit established itself as the most segregated metro area in the country, with African Americans confined to narrow sections of the city and much of the suburbs a no-go zone. (See a Bridge report on the changes.)