The average unemployment claims over the first six months of the year is around 213,000. The last time the January through July period had claims this low was 1968 and 1969. | Economy The Labor Market...
The World Cup likely provided a boost to demand in the United States over the past several weeks, one that might not be initially picked up in the official economic reports but will likely show up in ...
Kevin Warsh took the first steps this week on his quest to lead the Federal Reserve out of the dark ages. | Economy Regime Change Comes to the Federal Reserve Kevin Warsh took the first steps this wee...
A pair of reports on American businesses suggests that the U.S. economy was remarkably resilient against the pressures created by the Iran War. | Economy High Gas Prices Did Not Hurt Retail Sales or P...
If you were told that the Yale Budget Lab had studied the economic consequences of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, you would probably be able to guess that it would find the reduction in im...
This week the jobs numbers smashed expectations for the third consecutive month, lots of foreigners went home and lots of federal workers had to get a real job, factory output is growing rapidly, and ...
The case that tariffs necessarily make American manufacturing less productive died this week. | Economy Manufacturing Productivity Soars Under Record Tariffs, Crushing the Anti-Tariff Folklore Someone...
AI may well deliver the productivity boom its champions expect. The risk is that the economy has already begun borrowing against that future before the returns have been earned. | Economy AI Is Carryi...
If you are looking at the headline data in the government’s economic report, it is easy to miss the artificial intelligence investment boom. | Economy The AI Construction Boom Is Hiding in Offic...
Americans are increasingly gloomy about the U.S. economy. | Economy The Economic Costs of War Drag Down Consumer Confidence Americans are increasingly gloomy about the U.S. economy. The Conference Boa...