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September 24, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Treasury Department bonds
September 24, 2026
6 Facts: What It’s Nice To Know About the 10-Year Treasury

More than a market for loans to the federal government, the 10-year Treasury is an influential benchmark and a crystal ball.

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September 23, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and oil tanker shortages
September 23, 2026
A Very Large Reason For Rising Gas Prices

Invisible at the pump, an oil tanker shortage is one reason that the price we pay for gasoline has gone up.

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September 21, 2026
blueberries in China
September 21, 2026
How Did China Get Blueberries?

Sensing new markets, Driscoll's expanded blueberry production to China but wound up with a slew of problems.

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September 19, 2026
economic news roundup
September 19, 2026
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Diesel to Helium

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from gasoline prices to artificial intelligence.

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September 17, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and AI job creation and destruction
September 17, 2026
The AI Billionaires You’ve Never Heard Of

Invisible necessities, the unnoticed goods in the AI data center supply chain are as simple as a track that glides servers off their racks.

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September 12, 2026
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September 12, 2026
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Harry Styles to Jollof Rice

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from burritos to babies.

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September 11, 2026
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September 11, 2026
Why We Should Worry About Sand Demand

Easy to ignore because it is somewhat invisible, our sand demand has grown to unsustainable and worrisome levels.

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September 10, 2026
remote work and fertility
September 10, 2026
Where Do We Need More Babies?

Looking at urban fertility, we see that most large U.S. cities are experiencing a decline the number of births.

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September 8, 2026
Coffee Shop Neurology
September 8, 2026
How Iced Chai Can Be Like New Coke

When Starbucks tweaks the formula of its drinks, it might keep the New Coke fiasco in mind to see how innovation backfired.

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September 7, 2026
Harry Styles in 2023
September 7, 2026
How Does the Harry Styles Effect Impact Our Spending?

The Harry Styles Together Together tour will generate more concertgoer revenue in the UK and totally than Taylor Swift's Eras.

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September 5, 2026
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September 5, 2026
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup: From Traffic Signs to Long Lines

Connecting economics, current events, and history, this week's economic news roundup ranges from global warming concerns to the PSL.

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September 3, 2026
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and climate change
September 3, 2026
How Should We Measure Global Warming?

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