Economics

A deeper look at the racial wealth gap and economic inequality in the United States.

An Economics Topics Detail By Arnold S. Kling What Is Aggregate Supply? Aggregate supply is the relationship between the overall price level in the economy and the amount of output that will be supplied. As output goes up, prices will be higher. We draw attention to factors that shift the aggregate supply curve. An adverse […]

An Economics Topics Detail By Arnold S. Kling What Is Aggregate Demand? Aggregate demand is a term used in macroeconomics to describe the total demand for goods produced domestically, including consumer goods, services, and capital goods. It adds up everything purchased by households, firms, government and foreign buyers (via exports), minus that part of demand […]

The committee tasked with marking U.S. business cycles says the economy peaked in February and has since been in a recession triggered by the pandemic. But it says the recession could be short-lived.

Link: Since the beginning of the pandemic, the agriculture supply chain has been suffering. Although the shelves at grocery stores are not fully stocked, farmers are giving away their goods, or eve…

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BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales climbed a solid 7.5% in June, a sign that the economy was healing right before infections from the coronavirus spiked again and dragged down hopes for a steady...

ShareTweet EPI’s Family Budget Calculator measures the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living. The budgets estimate community-specific costs for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children) in all counties and metro areas in the United States. Compared with the federal poverty line…

Index mutual funds and ETFs have become overwhelmingly popular in the last decade. But are they they best way to invest your serious, long-term money? Keep reading to find out, the answer might surprise you...

A new prize-linked savings account called Yotta Savings has sparked interest among Redditors and the Doctor of Credit blog. According to its website, Yotta wants to help Americans become more financially secure “by making saving instantly fun.” The company says the concept came from Premium Bonds—the UK’s biggest savings product—which offers bondholders the opportunity to win £1 million every month.

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Bring your AP Microeconoimcs curriculum to the next level with this complete set of editable Google Docs worksheets designed to be completed online.

Former Vice President Joe Biden – the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in the 2020 election – has put forward a variety of tax proposals. Biden would raise the corporate tax rate from 21 to 28 percent, set minimum corporate taxes for domestic and foreign income, restore the top individual tax rate from 37 to 39.6 percent, tax capital gains as ordinary income and at death for very high earners, limit various tax breaks for higher earners, subject wages above $400,000 to the Social Security payroll tax, and pass various other cuts and increases.

Canada will slap retaliatory tariffs on C$3.6 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of U.S. aluminum products after the United States said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, a senior official said on Friday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders that would ban the social media app TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies.

Traditionally, employers question big gaps in work history.

Electronic Arts reported financial results that beat expectations, with revenue growing 21% to $1.46 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30.

This animation provides a nostalgic look back at the market share of various web browsers, from Netscape Navigator to Google Chrome.

At NGPF we were curious about how teachers prepared to teach personal finance and what kind of professional development (PD) opportunities educators nationwide took advantage of. Thanks to the 1,777 respondents, we have some key findings to share with you all: On average, respondents had 8 years of experience teaching personal finance 81% of respondents have attended PD in personal finance since starting to teach personal finance As you can see above, 69% of respondents were either “not confident” (19%) or “slightly confident” (50%) in teaching personal finance ...

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Since peaking in December 2012, the number of people participating in SNAP has declined by more than 10 million people.Nationally, SNAP caseloads grew substantially between 2007 and 2013 as more

/PRNewswire/ -- November is Entrepreneurship Month. To mark the occasion, Junior Achievement is releasing The States of Entrepreneurship in America report for...

This podcast series explores the lies we believe about college and digs into the soaring cost of tuition and the predatory nature of the student loan industry.

If buying food is busting your budget, it’s time to rethink what you know about grocery shopping. Learn how to save money on groceries with these 30 easy tips.