Economy

Mia Sato at The Verge talks about how influencers have changed the internet.

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell by 16,000, to 199,000, well below what economists were expecting. It’s the second-lowest reading in the last two years.

With the growth of services like buy now, pay later, it’s getting harder to keep up with how consumers are doing.

The question is, will the good news continue?

Bloomberg reports that IPOs raised a total of $46 billion this year — below the early-COVID boom but better than the past three years.

Here’s what to expect in 2026, after a year of “uncertainty.”

Widgets are a general stand-in for any produced good. But how do we think about widgets when goods are only a fraction of what we produce?

Warehousing use contracted in November for the first time in the Logistics Manager’s Index 9-year history.

The drop in unemployment claims is good news, but other indicators show that few jobs have been created over the past few months — a trend likely to continue in 2026.

Investment in artificial intelligence companies and data centers helped boost the U.S. economy’s growth in the third quarter, a sector that has not felt much impact from the president’s tariffs.