Economics

MAPLETON — Wineries in Peninsula Township no longer have to follow numerous zoning restrictions a U.S. District Court judge ruled to be illegal or unconstitutional.

Using "buy now, pay later" and splitting your payments into smaller amounts across a few months must make it easier to pay, right?  Answer: 42% Questions: Have you seen the "buy now, pay later" options when you buy items online? If yes, have you ever used it? Why or why not?  What are the pros/cons of using this payment option?  Why do you think so many consumers have struggled to make on-time payments with "buy now, pay later?" Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (Acorns):  The share of American adults who’ve used buy-now, pay-later services in 2022 has increased to 43% — a 12 point jump from 2021, according to LendingTree.

“That’s a pretty interesting result to anyone running a hedged long/short investment portfolio, especially with energy prices so high. It also means that if I personally held any private stock

Lawmakers in New York just passed a bill to ban certain bitcoin mining operations that run on carbon-based power sources.

The contracts will support the International Space Station and the Artemis moon program through 2034.

EconExtra is a series of posts that go beyond the textbook, relating current events and recent developments in economics to content standards, and providing resource suggestions to help you incorporate the current events into your lessons. This week’s issue can be incorporated in even the most basic discussion of supply and demand.  It will be interesting to visit this issue in the beginning of the next school year to track what happened to oil and gasoline prices over the summer months, and to see if anything has changed.     The Headline Issue   The school year may already be over for some of you, but there has been much furor over gasoline prices in recent months, and it does not appear that much will change any time soon.   Initially, the price of oil, driven up by the war’s impact on global supply, was easy to blame. But as the price of oil has moderated, the price of gasoline is going even higher.

Cheap gas isn’t in the United States’ future. Even if more oil was flowing freely, it would still have to get refined into gasoline. And that’s where the problem is.

/PRNewswire/ -- LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America's leading digital marketplace bank, today released findings...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Focused on relentlessly rising prices , President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy Tuesday with the chairman of the Federal Reserve, with the fate of the economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government’s central bank.

TARGET-DATE FUNDS are riding a wave of popularity. Morningstar reports that investors placed $170 billion into these funds in 2021, more than double their 2020 inflow. Morningstar also reports that, as of 2019, 58% of all 401(k) participants were invested in a target-date fund. That percentage is likely higher today. It’s clear why the funds have become so popular. They can be an excellent solution for retirement savers who prefer a hands-off approach. To this end,

Bakeonomics350 is a fun baking blog that describes core economic principles and how they relate to baked goods and desserts. There is a recipe associated with each lesson.

Global GDP growth is forecast to drop from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022. This map shows economic predictions for 2022 and beyond by country.

This Launchpad, adapted from http://www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s 1961 short story “Harrison Bergeron.” After reading the story, you can click on the videos to hear editors Amy A. Kass, Leon R. Kass, and Diana Schaub converse with guest host James W. Ceaser (University of Virginia) about the story.

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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