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Small businesses are just as grumpy about the economy as consumers
Aug 13, 2024
Optimism has increased, but it's still below a 50-year average, a National Federation of Independent Business survey shows.
Home Depot CEO cites "macroeconomic uncertainty" in earnings report
Aug 13, 2024
The company says customers are deferring big renovation projects because of high interest rates and economic worries.
Labor costs fell in July. That may be what the Fed's been looking for.
Aug 13, 2024
The decline helped bring the annual rate of inflation at the wholesale level down to 2.2%.
Why Canada has become a critical supplier of crude oil to the U.S.
Aug 13, 2024
It's an international love story of sorts, featuring "thick, heavy, goopy crude oil."
U.S. debt just hit $35 trillion. Is it putting the global economy at risk?
Aug 13, 2024
If you add up government debt around the world, it totals $91 trillion. More than a third of it comes from one country: The U.S.
How the snack industry is responding to Ozempic
by
Matt Levin
Aug 13, 2024
Food and beverage developers are working overtime on new products that appeal to the changing tastes of obesity drug users.
Getting creative in the competition for health care workers
Aug 13, 2024
Competition for medical workers can be fierce, requiring incentives like housing assistance or student loan repayments to recruit new hires.
For public good, not for profit.
What if tips weren't taxed?
Aug 13, 2024
Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris support eliminating federal taxes on tips. It might attract votes from tipped workers, who make up 2.5% of the American labor force. But what would it mean for tax policy?
Why the so-called “left behind” bloc might be doing better than you think
by
David Brancaccio
, Nic Perez
and Alex Schroeder
Aug 13, 2024
The Economist digs into data regarding those who lost their jobs in manufacturing.
Why the New York Fed asks ordinary folks where inflation is headed
Aug 12, 2024
Consumers' price expectations influence how they save and spend their money, potentially creating self-fulfilling prophecies.