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A California city approved the highest minimum wage in the US… but is it enough?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/5/21
Thanksgiving prices are hotter than a turkey fresh outta the oven

Jacob Cohen
Updated 11/2/21
Inflation just reached a 30-year high, and might be even higher thanks to ‘skimpflation’

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/1/21
Halloween is back. Here’s how people are spending this year.

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/12/21
Is China about to have its own ‘Lehman Brothers’ moment?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 9/21/21
United Airlines buys 270 jets in a bullish sign for air travel

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/1/21
Beef is more expensive, but who’s profiting?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/25/21
Digits: Erasing student debt, Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator, and shrooms

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/21/21
Digits: Women of the F500, a galactic short call, and a brand new ocean.

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/14/21
Corporations are running out of talent — and reskilling programs are stepping in

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/18/21
What’s behind California-to-Texas relocations? (It’s more than taxes)

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/18/20
What’s happening to airline pilot jobs?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/10/20
The pandemic is straining the franchisee-corporate relationship

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/3/20
How does the S&P 500 perform after a US presidential election?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/2/20
Turns out, it’s expensive to shut the entire government down

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/3/20
Where are rents rising and falling in the US?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/2/20
Blue-collar work goes business caj as factory work requires college degrees

Caroline Dohack
Updated 9/21/20
When paying the rent is too damn hard

Nick DeSantis
Updated 4/10/20
When the economy feels iffy, sewing looks spiffy

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 9/25/25
Oh, no, another acronym: Disillusioned NEETs

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/28/24
‘How’d the economy fare in 2023?’… is a great question

Ben Berkley
Updated 1/4/24
More college-educated moms are working than ever before

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/8/23
How do you feel about the job market? Probably pretty weird

Ben Berkley
Updated 11/13/23
The American economy is fine, but Americans aren’t

Ben Berkley
Updated 11/2/23
Luxury brands seek a miracle inside their (ostentatious, overpriced) bag of tricks

Ben Berkley
Updated 10/30/23
Degrees of separation: As college enrollment drops, trade school sign-ups rise

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/24/23
Why are there so many tech layoffs?

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
Will ‘premiumization’ disrupt the economy?

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
Americans want revenge on companies for bad service

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
What old sitcoms reveal about America’s rising cost of housing

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/11/23
Working hardly or hardly working? Americans’ on-the-job hours are dropping

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/10/23
What is supercore inflation?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/14/23
The MBA vs inflation

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/13/23
The housing market posted its biggest drop since 2008, but it’s still up

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/24/23
What cardboard can tell us about the economy

Jacob Cohen
Updated 2/3/23
What’s happening with wage growth?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/3/23
What are bonuses looking like this holiday season?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/12/22
TSMC ups its Arizona chip investment to $40B

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/7/22
We narrowly avoided a rail strike. Now what?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/6/22
Where are the rest of the gifts?

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/28/22
What to know about the Taiwan chip situation

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/25/22
Truss’ resignation is all about the economy

Jacob Cohen
Updated 10/21/22
The economic indicator that uses egg-and-cheese sandwiches

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/23/22
The ever-reliable $1.50 Costco hot dog combo

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/15/22
Inflation is coming for your cookout

Rob Litterst
Updated 7/1/22
Will a recession get people back in the office?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/24/22
The ‘misery index’ is rising

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/17/22
Why recessions are inevitable

Morgan Housel
Updated 6/16/22
Bear and bull markets, explained

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/15/22
US household wealth hits a snag

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/13/22
Where are all the pizza delivery drivers?

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/10/22
Digits: Harry Styles, Formula 1 inflation, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/6/22
Have we reached peak tipping?

Mia Sullivan
Updated 5/31/22
Do startup layoffs mean a recession is coming?

Codie Sanchez
Updated 5/27/22
Wedding party economics are getting out of hand

Rob Litterst
Updated 5/26/22
Airfare prices are soaring past inflation

Mia Sullivan
Updated 5/19/22
It appears Americans suck at guesstimating

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/24/22
Lunchflation is real — and office workers are feeling it

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/23/22
The shrinkflation phenomenon

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/22/22
Digits: NJ’s gas debate, music revenues, 15-minute delivery flops, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/14/22
Recessions are rare. We still need to be ready for them

Morgan Housel
Updated 3/11/22
Why are gas prices skyrocketing?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/10/22
The babysitting boom is here

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/4/22
Moving to Florida? Get ready to pay up

Rob Litterst
Updated 2/15/22
They don’t build ’em like they used to

Morgan Housel
Updated 1/14/22
The world is using fewer condoms than expected

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/11/22
The US government’s $10B small biz program, explained

Trung T. Phan
Updated 1/10/22
People are still quitting in droves

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/5/22
Turkey’s currency crisis made bread a political issue, and bakeries are losing dough

Rob Litterst
Updated 12/20/21
Salary increases are coming… with a big ‘but’

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/16/21
Some findings on the world’s priciest spots

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/9/21
Why the Black Friday numbers were a little bit gray

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/3/21
Gas prices are rising at near-record levels. There’s no easy fix.

Rob Litterst
Updated 12/2/21
Thanksgiving will be more expensive this year. What gives?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/24/21
One way to avoid inflation? Buy nothing

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/22/21
Homeowners are banking off rising home prices — here’s how

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/11/21
The brewing battle for front-line holiday workers

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/9/21
Brace for the snowplow driver shortage of 2021

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/5/21
A California city approved the highest minimum wage in the US… but is it enough?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/5/21
Thanksgiving prices are hotter than a turkey fresh outta the oven

Jacob Cohen
Updated 11/2/21
Inflation just reached a 30-year high, and might be even higher thanks to ‘skimpflation’

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/1/21
Halloween is back. Here’s how people are spending this year.

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/12/21
Is China about to have its own ‘Lehman Brothers’ moment?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 9/21/21
United Airlines buys 270 jets in a bullish sign for air travel

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/1/21
Beef is more expensive, but who’s profiting?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/25/21
Digits: Erasing student debt, Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator, and shrooms

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/21/21
Digits: Women of the F500, a galactic short call, and a brand new ocean.

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/14/21
Corporations are running out of talent — and reskilling programs are stepping in

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/18/21
What’s behind California-to-Texas relocations? (It’s more than taxes)

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/18/20
What’s happening to airline pilot jobs?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/10/20
The pandemic is straining the franchisee-corporate relationship

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/3/20
How does the S&P 500 perform after a US presidential election?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/2/20
Turns out, it’s expensive to shut the entire government down

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 10/3/20
Where are rents rising and falling in the US?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/2/20
Blue-collar work goes business caj as factory work requires college degrees

Caroline Dohack
Updated 9/21/20
When paying the rent is too damn hard

Nick DeSantis
Updated 4/10/20

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