December 30, 2025
Looking at 2025, we would see consequential changes in the national debt (aka sovereign debt) that range from ratings to stablecoin reserves.
December 17, 2025
While we might be used to airlines' dynamic fare pricing, our response could be different at the supermarket.
November 9, 2025
Looking back at approximately 50 years of shutdown history, we see a slew of issues, and people, and clashes.
October 1, 2025
Describing a shutdown with what, why, and when only begins to convey the complexities that affect millions of people in countless ways.
September 12, 2025
As a shorthand gauge of our well-being, the Misery Index is a handy way to judge how inflation and employment could affect us.
September 4, 2025
Through the numbers that quantify miles per gallon or omit household production, we create perverse incentives.
August 29, 2025
With considerable debate and presidential disagreement, the Congress established Federal Reserve independence in 1935 and 1951.
August 18, 2025
Politically painful, the quest for Greece's accurate economic statistics had unusual results for its government statisticians.
July 24, 2025
As a metric that indicates whether a country is borrowing too much, the debt to GDP ratio focuses on borrowing and growth.
July 17, 2025
Because the Big Mac is almost identical in different nations, it is a handy way to compare currencies and wages.
July 16, 2025
While many of us focus on how much we spend our time and money on dogs, pet food maker Mars is targeting our pet spending on cats.
June 17, 2025
Comparing U.S. energy production and consumption to the rest of the world, we discover one major difference.