2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (989+ words) Within a decade,every dollarcollected in revenue will be spent on health care, Social Security, and interest on existing debt. "Without tariffs," the President said on his affordability tour in Georgia, "everybody would be bankrupt, the whole country would be…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (241+ words) The issue is not whether tariffs are good or bad, but whether economic research can proceed without fear of reprisal when its findings prove inconvenient. Kevin Hassett's recent call to "discipline" Federal Reserve researchers over a New York Fed study…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (517+ words) Fresh data confirm lingering inflation, but data disruptions, policy shocks, and political pressures are complicating the Fed's next move. Delayed data confirms inflation remained well above target in December. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI), which is the Federal…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (334+ words) Localized price data from the BEA show specific patterns of growth and inflation reshaped the economic map of the United States in 2024. Measuring state-level prices with adequate precision requires a lot of data collection, and there's always a long lag…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (207+ words) When Jonathan declares his artistic ambitions are anti-capitalist, it clashes with everything the show has relied on for five seasons. The finale demonstrates better jobs, bigger dreams, and individual agency rely on voluntary exchange. Even Jonathan's own future rests on…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (698+ words) As debt-service costs surge, deficits pressure the Fed in ways that threaten long-term price stability. Pandemic stimulus has given way to structural imbalance. The Congressional Budget Office just released its newest budget outlook. It isn't pretty. The 2026 deficit is projected…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (453+ words) Revisions are not a failure of economic statistics " they are the tradeoff of receiving a rough but timely signal. Every time the government releases major revisions to employment data, a familiar chorus emerges: claims that something must be wrong, that…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1051+ words) At the end of January, President Trump penned a triumphant op-ed declaring "Mission Accomplished" for the signature economic policy of his second term: tariffs. Unfortunately, his entire victory lap revolved around phony numbers, cherry-picked facts, and a strawman caricature of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (675+ words) Over the past decade, the United States has outperformed every other G7 nation. Key measures show why the US is not just getting bigger, but also growing richer. Together, this is a significant headwind for Republicans entering an election year. But,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (405+ words) Shelter and energy costs led the deceleration. While inflation remains above the Fed's target, the monthly price growth neared a multi-year low. Inflation cooled more than expected in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. The Consumer…...