Economy Inside the Rent Inflation Measure That Economics Nerds Love to Hate There’s a three-letter abbreviation that economists have started pronouncing with the energy of a four-letter word: “O.E.R.”It stands for... by Editor May 15, 2024
Economy Few Chinese Electric Cars Are Sold in U.S., but Industry Fears a Flood The Biden administration’s new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles won’t have a huge immediate impact on American consumers or... by Editor May 14, 2024
Economy Fed Chair’s Confidence in Slowing Inflation Is ‘Not as High’ as Before Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, reiterated that policymakers were poised to hold interest rates steady at a... by Editor May 14, 2024
Economy What Forecasters Say About Interest Rates (and Why They Disagree) How soon is soon? Or exactly how much later is later?As the year started, there was a widespread view... by Editor May 14, 2024
Economy High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest High interest rates haven’t crashed the financial system, set off a wave of bankruptcies or caused the recession that... by Editor May 14, 2024
Economy U.S. Awards $120 Million to Polar Semiconductor to Expand Chip Facility Federal officials will provide up to $120 million in grants to Polar Semiconductor to help the company expand its... by Editor May 13, 2024
Economy U.S. to Announce New Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles The Biden administration is set to announce new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other goods as early as... by Editor May 10, 2024
Economy Why Higher Fed Rates Are Not Totally Off the Table Investors do not expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again, and officials have made it clear that... by Editor May 9, 2024
Economy Biden to Announce A.I. Center in Wisconsin as Part of Economic Agenda President Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Wednesday to announce the creation of an artificial intelligence data center, highlighting... by Editor May 8, 2024
Economy How 401(k) Drives Inequality – The New York Times This past January, another bipartisan collaboration — between Alicia Munnell, who was an economist in the Clinton administration and... by Editor May 8, 2024