Legacy Topic: Economy

Strikingly low job growth weighs strongly on the side of the Fed not raising rates in the coming months.

The Federal Reserve reports the net worth of U.S. households dropped 3.4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and is now at the lowest level since the financial crisis. A look at what that drop could mean for economic optimism.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

Catt Small's newest game puts the player in very familiar shoes — her own.

The Nancy podcast from WNYC examines why.

Uncertainty. It’s a word you hear a lot these days. Brexit, trade policy, relations with North Korea — all up in the air and all casting a cloud over the global economy. But is this moment of uncertainty any different than times past? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

Some can actually benefit from the chaos.

The collection of anecdotes lets us in on interesting economic realities.

And sooner than you think, futurist Amy Webb says.

The OECD predicts lower growth than last year, from China to North America.

Let's do the numbers on his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.