Economy

"With over 50 years of experience, we know that a simple so-called index fund … does actually better than professional money managers," said economist Burton Malkiel.

The act of withholding taxes dates back to the Founding Fathers.

When mortgage rates dipped to 6%, experts anticipated a big year for homebuyers who had been sitting on the sidelines. But then came the war in Iran, which drove rates back up.

Prices rose, and consumers managed to keep up. It’s been the status quo for a while now.

Plastic prices are rising as war in the Middle East constrains supply chains and global petrochemical markets.

From the artificial intelligence boom to the kitschy nostalgia of the last century, you can see it all along Route 66, which is turning 100 years old.

In the 1960s, the German government put a tariff on American chickens. President Johnson then retaliated with a tariff on light-duty commercial vehicles and trucks. The back-and-forth has come to define the U.S. auto industry.

The share of U.S. debt held by foreign countries has been shrinking.

Two inflation reports drop this week, but neither captures the full picture of what's happening to prices in real time. The gap comes down to a trade-off economists know well: speed versus comprehensiveness.

The area around Albuquerque has long been a hub for scientific and technological development. This appears to be true for AI, too, but the full picture of this regional economy is much more complex.