Economics

The holidays feel more expensive this year because they are.

Find the latest data on new markets for the exports and imports of Coffee.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose 5.7% over the past year, the fastest pace in 39 years, as a surge in inflation confronts Americans with the holiday shopping season under way. The November increase, reported Thursday by the Commerce Department, followed a 5.1% rise for the 12 months ending in October, continuing a string of annual price gains that have run well above the 2% inflation target set by the Federal Reserve.

Coffee is the third most consumed beverage globally. Here we visualize the countries that have the highest coffee production in the world.

Coffee prices soared on commodity markets Monday--promising another round of retail price hikes--after a weekend freeze destroyed more crops in Brazil's most important coffee-growing region.

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In today's fast-paced market, companies have to be innovative constantly. Here’s a look at the top 50 most innovative companies in 2021.

Which countries and regions contribute the most to the world economy? In this infographic, we break down all $94 trillion of global GDP by country.

We surveyed Americans to find out what they want to get–and give–during the holidays this year. The gift-giving answers we uncovered may surprise you.

UK families turn to Monopoly, Cluedo and more, with Lego’s Technic sets also popular

Peppermint-flavored candy canes may be part of a growing list of holiday-related products impacted by supply chain disruptions.

Supply chain delays are always challenging. But during the holidays, slow shipping can make or break a company's bottom line. Today on the show, a toy company that makes Tonka trucks musters a shipment tracking war room.

According to the WEF, the retirement savings gap is growing at $28 billion every 24 hours - and it could be the 'financial equivalent of climate change'.

When economists see holiday gifts, they see waste: sweaters that never get worn; books that never get read. Many recommend cash or no gift at all. Economist Tim Harford proposes a different solution in this encore episode from 2019.

Until we see Powell in a pair of Nike Zooms, we can safely assume the economists mean something else

Canadian big business is so low-tech, and so uninterested in productivity growth, that Canadian competitiveness suffers as a result.

Like their loyal customers, Detroit's iconic potato chip maker Better Made Snack Foods Inc. is feeling the squeeze of inflated food prices. As a result of supply chain disruptions and shortages in key raw materials, the cost of a bag of Better Made barbecue flavored potato chips is going up. …

Detroit is truly the comeback city. From booming development and a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem to efforts to reduce crime and blight, the city’s revitalization is a shining example for metropolitan communities across the country. But there is still more work to do. As his first term nears completion, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will reflect on the progress being made in the city and ongoing collaboration needed to ensure all of its citizens benefit from Detroit’s rebirth. Interviewer: Paul W. Smith, Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM

“So it looks like Unicorn founders aren’t actually mainly dropouts like y’all said”

Congressional Democrats voted to raise the debt ceiling, avoiding the risk of default with only hours to spare.

Part of Detroit’s history of racial discrimination is comprised on housing discrimination, which in turn contributed to job discrimination, interpersonal racism, and continued racial inequity…

Through a guided discussion and review of data, students learn that the practice of racial segregation concentrated African Americans in the lowest-graded, or redlined, neighborhoods.

This issue explains how residents in redlined neighborhoods could not afford to become homeowners and accumulate wealth at the rates other groups did.