Economy

Tariffs on Mexico and Canada would suddenly create barriers in what’s been a decades-long free trade region.

The newly established Center for Heterodox Economics aims to reimagine how we measure economic progress using a more human-centered approach.

Inflation and tariff fears contributed to a decline of 10% in the University of Michigan’s latest survey.

More than 40% of consumers say they’ve changed their spending habits to align with their beliefs, according to a new Harris Poll.

Unemployment was at 4.0% in January 2025. Since WWII, it’s never gone lower than 2.5% — which it reached for two months, in 1953.

Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project observes that a sense of precarity has spread to America’s middle class.

The famous Ehrlich-Simon bet on the value of metals showed that prices fell as supply increased, despite population growth.

CCB Bistro & Vine is a wine bar, restaurant and bookstore all in one located in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

There’s a lot of nuance in interpreting the data and different ways to measure it.

January’s producer price index shows big drops in the cost of fruit and veggies. But wholesale vs. retail isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison.