Author: Economy

Researchers found that while wealth disparities narrowed somewhat, the ability to meet debt payments deteriorated significantly.

Shelton’s controversial economic ideas led the Senate to block her nomination to the Fed. Now she’s going to be a counselor to the Treasury secretary.

Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.

The Survey of Consumer Expectations indicated that the median outlook for inflation over the next 12 months rose to 3.9%.

Research links ICE enforcement surges to lasting declines in local spending, foot traffic and jobs. In Minneapolis, businesses are still recovering.

HSBC and Goldman Sachs expect the RBI to raise interest rates in December as well.

Kristalina Georgieva warns that the technology lifting growth hopes is also pushing up inflation and yields, just as public debt levels rose.

The World Bank now expects the region to grow 4.5% this year, but flagged that trade growth outside AI-related goods has been “weak or negative.”

That marked a 13.7% jump from July and was ahead of the Dow Jones consensus estimate for $102 billion.

Moody’s predicts that the world’s aging populations will have fundamental impacts on the global economy and lead to difficult policy decisions.