Economics

The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or …

President Trump's massive tariffs seem to have barely affected America's trade balance last year.

New York Gov. Hochul's proposal saw pushback from labor unions, transit workers and rideshare drivers.

Even after the US scrapped tariffs on coffee last November, new BLS data shows stateside prices are still soaring....

The grandson of the inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups is lashing out at The Hershey Co., accusing the candy company of hurting the Reese’s brand by shifting to cheaper ingredients in many products.

Question of the Day for teachers and students: What is the typical age of a first-time homebuyer in the U.S.? Daily discussion questions from NGPF, the leading nonprofit provider of free personal finance curriculum.

It pays to pre-package.

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On February 6, 2026, the Dow Jones hit a record level of 50,000. It was now 5 times its level in 1999 when it hit 10,000 for the first time. But how real has

Team Puerto Rico has been hit the hardest, with several key players denied insurance.

Track financial anxiety, food insecurity, housing stress, and affordability across all 50 US states in real-time.

Unwrapped uncovers behind-the-scenes details on classic American food, from peanut butter and chocolate syrup to French fries and bubblegum. Join host Marc S...

Amid a cocoa supply crisis, confectionary giants made do with whatever’s in the fridge.

Obstacles include elimination of food dyes, rising cocoa prices and states banning sugary SNAP purchases

The origin of the predictive markets business can be traced to an Iowa City bar in 1988.

The Big Three memory-chip producers—Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron—can’t meet demand for both AI data centers and consumer electronics, whose prices are rising with no end in sight.

After decades of subsidizing expansion, Brussels is now paying to destroy vineyards, without fixing the distortions it created.

The first-person cameras at Milano Cortina are creating buzz, good and bad

Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities says to “focus on Microsoft and Google with this sell-off.”...

Software developers sit nearly all day and make six figures. Fast-food workers are on their feet almost nonstop, and earn about $30,000 a year....

The country will decide whether to limit its population to 10 million residents.

The Super Bowl’s jock tax hit Sam Darnold’s paycheck hard. California taxes can leave NFL players with less after-tax income than their Super Bowl bonus.

High-performing leaders avoid burnout by protecting their time and energy. Discover three principles that help leaders focus, delegate and lead well.

Learn how the MIT Entrepreneurship JetPack digital adviser guided health tech startup Femmli through a detailed approach to market segmentation.

When the economy feels out of control, we optimize everything — including connection. But what happens when the optimization itself gets monetized?

A donut factory in Massachusetts shows how a classic economics example (externalities) breaks down in real life when the smell never goes away.

ATTOM Year-End 2025 U.S. Home Sales Report shows prices hit $360K, investor share at 6.6%, and profit margins fell.

The average seller at the end of 2025 had owned their home for nearly nine years.