Browsing: inflation
In 2025, the IMF reported that, across the globe, companies, households, and countries had amassed $251 trillion in debt. Looking toward…
The minimum wage is the lowest it’s been in 70 years and is ‘officially a poverty wage’
The last time the U.S. raised the federal minimum wage, Apple’s Siri hadn’t even been invented yet. July marked the…
U.S. companies have received $71 billion in tariff refunds but now must combat Iran war inflation
American companies are finally getting relief from tariff refunds—only it’s just in time for a new wave of inflationary economic…
Kevin Warsh won’t say if the Fed’s done raising rates, says the Fed has ‘no tolerance’ for inflation
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Tuesday that the Fed will make high inflation “a thing of the past,” yet he provided…
Why has a college degree become akin to an unaffordable luxury for millions of Americans?I am a scholar of the…
No escape from inflation: ‘Godzilla’ El Niño, AI boom, tariffs, and fuel crunch to keep prices high
Oil prices have retreated as the U.S.-Iran war recedes, despite occasional skirmishes, but inflationary trends will continue to apply pressure…
Harry Styles fans flew to Amsterdam, paid a 21% premium for hotels—and sent inflation soaring
Inflation has remained stubbornly elevated across the United States and Europe, driven by everything from energy costs to geopolitical tensions…
President Donald Trump isn’t done implementing this tariff policy, and U.S. companies aren’t done raising prices in response. Businesses are…
AI’s productivity gains are years away, but failing to deliver could make debt levels even worse
Economists are waiting for data to indicate AI has delivered on its promises of productivity gains, but that moment is…
Americans are grabbing their passports and fleeing the country in hopes of leaving the nation’s problems behind. And more are…











