As this report goes to press, 14 of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly lack published data beginning in September or October 2025. Where updates have occurred, releases are often incomplete

Inflation was lower than expected in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported yesterday, in the first official inflation release since October following the extended government shutdown earlier this fall. Over the

Every few months a headline or social media post circulates declaring that a corporate leader earns hundreds or even thousands of times more than the typical employee, and recent examples are no exception:

Note: The October-November readings for both the Consumer Price Index and the Everyday Price Index should be viewed as provisional rather than definitive. A temporary government funding lapse interrupted standard federal price collection,

The title of Dan Wang’s book Breakneck focuses on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) specifically, but it is really about the self-conscious great-power rivalry between China’s Communist Party leaders and the United

In its manifesto for the 2024 general election, Britain’s Labour party listed “Five Missions to Rebuild Britain,” the first being: “Kickstart economic growth.”  The party’s second budget since winning that election, delivered on November