A weak dollar can help but also harm
NEW YORK (AP) — A hidden force is quietly pushing up costs for everything from your summer vacation…
Why 4.3 million people no longer receive food stamps
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins this week attributed a multimillion-person drop in the number of participants receiving food stamps…
Israel’s strikes and Trump’s blockade have battered Iran’s economy
CAIRO (AP) — In the heartland of Iran’s famed carpet-making industry, manufacturing has ground to a near halt.…
America In Focus: March retail sales rise, Trump’s approval rating on economy falls
In the past week, many Americans remained laser focused on the economy, inflation and how those forces could…
UK inflation hits 3.3% in March as pump prices soar
LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. climbed in March after a sharp jump in prices at the…
Thousands of executives aren’t seeing AI productivity boom, reminding economists of IT-era paradox
In 1987, economist and Nobel laureate Robert Solow made a stark observation about the stalling evolution of the…
America In Focus: March home sales drop, unemployment claims fall, wholesale prices surge
In the past week, many Americans were keeping a closer eye than ever before on the economy, inflation…
Iran war ignites energy prices at the wholesale level in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices surged last month as the Iran war drove up the cost of…
US home sales fall in March, marking a slow start to the spring homebuying season
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in March to their slowest pace nine months, as easing mortgage…
1970s lessons have made global economies less vulnerable to oil shocks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy is experiencing a disorienting flashback to the 1970s. Oil prices are once…