Economics

Investigation shows scale of big food corporations’ market dominance and political power

Crank out the piggy bank... If you're still signing field trip forms, a $300 check could be on its way. Today, the US government starts sending...

Another month, another inflation shocker

The exercise bike company improbably has Spotify and Apple Music beat when it comes to cashing out artists.

Apple Pay purchases could soon be broken up into installments

The surprising startup boom that took root in the U.S. last year shows little sign of having slowed, and, in fact, looks to be one factor in the nation's high turnover rate in jobs.Several weeks after the pandemic hit in March 2020, economists spotted an uptick in the number of people filing…

Global happiness levels are determined by many diverse factors. These maps look at the happiest and unhappiest countries in every region.

(Bloomberg) -- Lumber, which at one point was among the world’s best-performing commodities as the pandemic sent construction demand soaring and stoked fears of inflation, has officially wiped out all of its staggering gains for the year.Prices at Monday’s close are now down 0.6% for the year as demand eases and supply expands in response to earlier gains. The rally turned a common building product into a social media sensation and a flash point in the debate over U.S. monetary policy. At one po

The rises threaten to drive up costs at the breakfast table as the world’s biggest coffee producer, Brazil, faces one of its worst droughts in almost a century.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday targeting what he labeled anticompetitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy, declaring it would fortify an American ideal “that true capitalism depends on fair and open competition."

If Tony Soprano were driving in 2021… he’d pull up in a Volkswagen. European antitrust regulators fined Volkswagen and BMW more than $1B – about...

Genuine Progress Indicator takes into account the well-being of a nation by incorporating environmental and social factors which are not measured by GDP.

Architecting a life in 100 post-its & 1 Saturday Afternoon

Every day, millions of tons of goods pass through ports to get to their end consumers. Here are the world's busiest ports, and how numbers have changed.

Since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a $5 million lottery pool for those getting the COVID-19 vaccine, she’s touted that 1 million have signed up for the lottery — but the state cannot say if it’s luring more people to the shots. Several local health officials say it hasn’t.

In 2016, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 was worth 25 percent less than at its peak value in 1968, after adjusting for inflation.

The partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., has plunged older beachside condos and high-rise buildings like it into a swirl of apprehension.

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If we want to understand the economic effects of socialism, North Korea is a good place to start because we can compare it to South Korea. But how do we stud...

Jobs and pay can vary a lot depending on where you live, based on 2013 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here’s an interactive to look.

We interview and study famous financial billionaires including Warren Buffett and Howard Marks, and teach you what we learn and how you can apply their investment strategies in the stock market.

U.S. job growth accelerated in June, with payrolls gaining the most in 10 months, suggesting firms are having greater success recruiting workers to keep pace with the broadening of economic activity.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 850,000 last month and the unemployment rate edged up to 5.9 percent,…

Beaumont Health has more than 2,600 open positions across its eight hospitals and more than 165 outpatient centers. Roughly 5 percent of those positions fall under one job — medical assistant.A medical assistant performs relatively routine tasks, such as filling out insurance forms,…

Restrictions on most indoor activities during the COVID-19 pandemic turned our entire society inside out — literally. Parks, campgrounds and secluded short-term rentals filled up. Bicycles, roller skates and RVs sold out. Michigan businesses have dealt with pandemic-enforced restrictions and…

College athletes are now allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness, and the landscape may be changed forever.

In short videos, a St. Louis Fed economist answered questions on central bank digital currencies, including about possible effects on privacy and bank lending.