Financial Feature economy July 14, 2025 Who Will Win Next Season’s ‘Fed Apprentice’ Showdown? Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term expires next year. Sam takes a look at the top contenders to be cast in his role.
Financial Feature economy June 30, 2025 Strait Talk: Iran-Controlled Hormuz Is Key Energy Gateway Roughly 20% of global daily oil and gas consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Experts worry Iran may target the trade route.
Financial Feature economy June 16, 2025 Caffeine Addict: Treasury Auctions Reveal Fiscal Credibility The economy may need more than a cup of coffee to wake up, but experts are wide-eyed and following a new indicator for financial clarity.
Financial Feature economy June 2, 2025 Ebb and Flow: Global Money Boosts US Businesses While the U.S. might have a global trade imbalance, foreign investments still allow American businesses to emerge as winners.
Financial Feature economy May 19, 2025 Resource Management: How Much Is Your Attention Worth? Consumer attention is a hot commodity. Look for AI advancements to make the most of this scarce resource.
Financial Feature economy May 5, 2025 US Dollar Declines While US Treasurys Stay Strong Trade tensions and global economic fears are creating unusual market patterns among investors.
Financial Feature economy April 21, 2025 Rural Americans Could Be Hurt Most in Trade War For some rural counties, international exports are up to 40% of local GDP and trade-related activities support 20%–25% of employment.
Financial Feature economy April 7, 2025 Oh Deer! Threat of Stagflation Bounds into View The rare phenomenon of concurrent high inflation, a stagnant economy and high unemployment could be wandering into economists’ sights.
Financial Feature economy March 24, 2025 Maybe Today’s Economists Should Become Meteorologists Tariffs create a fine line to walk between helping and hurting the economy. Predicting the effect of recent import taxes is cloudy at best.
Financial Feature economy March 10, 2025 What’s Up with Canadian Trade Deficit, Eh? The U.S. has a $64 billion trade deficit with Canada, but excluding energy, our northern neighbors are actually net buyers of U.S. goods.