Economics

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Americans discarded 51m tons of plastic in 2021 – of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere

Some experts say it never really broke.

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held from October 16 to October 22 2022. Brookings experts reflect on the elite political gathering, and what its outcomes mean for China and the rest of the world.

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The ongoing spread of bird flu will likely affect the price and availability of turkeys leading up to Thanksgiving.

Subsidies are often a policy go-to for governments wanting to encourage more climate-friendly behaviours. But they should be used with caution.

Apple is hiking fees for the Apple Music and Apple TV+ subscription services for the first time. In the U.S., the cost of Apple TV+ for new and existing subscribers will increase to $6.99 per month…

The number of ships waiting to unload at the Ports of LA and Long Beach have dropped from 109 to four.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides insight into 2022's peak season.

Each fall, there’s one store that suddenly seems to be just about everywhere: Spirit Halloween. The brand taps into the $10 billion Halloween industry by set...

About 75% of the U.S. population can find a Target store within a 10 mile radius. WSJ’s Sarah Nassauer explains how the retailer leverages its physical stores to grow services like in-store pickup and same-day shipping. Photo Illustration: Ryan Trefes 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 #Target #EconomicsOf #WSJ

Dunkin’ started out as a small doughnut-and-coffee shop in Massachusetts in 1948 and has grown to over 12,000 stores in 40 countries. WSJ’s Heather Haddon ex...

A bill before the state Senate would require Pennsylvania high school students to pass a half-credit financial literacy class. It’s a smart move...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way Americans spend their time. One of the most enduring shifts has occurred in the workplace, with millions of employees making the switch to work from home. Even as the pandemic has waned, more than 15 percent of full-time employees remain fully remote and an additional 30 percent work in hybrid arrangements (Barrero, Bloom, and Davis). These changes have substantially reduced time spent commuting to work; in the aggregate, Americans now spend 60 million fewer hours traveling to work each day. In this post, we investigate how people spend this saved time on other activities. Using detailed data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), we find that employed individuals allocate their saved commute time toward leisure activities and sleeping, while reducing overall work hours.

If you get a raise, you may not end up in a higher tax bracket. But more of your income may be subject to Social Security taxes. And you’ll probably pay more for health care.

IR-2022-188, October 21, 2022

The IRS has released higher federal tax brackets and standard deductions for 2023 to adjust for inflation. Here's what filers need to know.

The games are a bonanza for the companies that states hire to administer them. But what about the rest of us?

You can use credit to buy the hottest item of the year. But is it worth the price?  Answer: 4 Years and 6 Months [and $873.04 total price]   Questions: Considering the cost of AirPods Max, do you think this is a good idea? Explain your answer. What big-ticket items or once-in-a-lifetime experiences do you think are worth spending money on?

Demand for talent is driving college graduate starting salaries higher but they may fall far short of expectations.

Athletes pull huge sums of money from their on-field and off-field contracts. Here we rank the top 50 highest-paid athletes in the world.

But the road ahead looks more troubling for the nation's fiscal situation.

Or: Why you are not ever getting an inexpensive ticket to a popular concert ever again.

Here's how much the price of popular Halloween candies went up this year

“As we recover from the worst of the pandemic, we have an opportunity and the power to make workplaces engines for mental health and well-being,” Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said.