Economy

It might take a while before increased demand translates into jobs. That's because companies are still facing an uncertain economy.

Monetary policy doesn’t just happen by magic. Instead, Fed employees in New York are carrying it out through open market operations.

This week, the EPA revoked what’s called the “endangerment finding,” which found that fossil fuel emissions can endanger human health. The agency says the U.S. will save money, but there are other costs, human and financial.

Turns out tariffs are being paid for — drumroll, please — us. Not foreign companies, us.

On top of the infamous “K shape” between high- and low-income households, economists also see a widening spending gap between high- and middle-income consumers.

But President Trump’s immigration crackdown is having an effect.

Now that Organics Unlimited, a banana importer based in San Diego, isn’t feeling the bite of tariffs, the dollar’s weakness is front and center.

The data from the Census Bureau could mean that consumers are pulling back — or it could just mean that they did more of their holiday shopping in November.

This morning, we’re unpacking retail sales, the cost of employing people, job market expectations, and more.

Americans were less worried about the short-term trajectory of inflation and hiring in January, according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.