How To Read Inflation Numbers To Inform Better Financial Decisions

Look at headline CPI and PCE to understand broad direction. Then pay attention to components that matter most to your ...

To survive today’s economy, university students are using circus-like tactics

What I heard in interviews and research with students studying and working to get ahead shaped using circus arts metaphors to ...

You're living in a "K-shaped" economy. Here's how that affects you.

The shape of economic growth this year highlights the widening gap between wealthy Americans and everyone else, economists ...

Google is hiring an economist to understand how advanced AI could affect our wallets

Google DeepMind is hiring a "Senior AI Economist" to explore how AGI could rewire the economy when it arrives.

AI clouds up the economic dashboard

The return of U.S. economic data when Washington reopens may do little to clear up a macro picture that is clouded by the dash for artificial intelligence and compounded by trade distortions.

The Three ’A’s in the Trump Economy: AI, Asset Prices and the Affluent

The connections start with the AI boom. The S&P 500 Index has added some $8 trillion in value this year, propelled in large part by exuberance over AI investments. The so-called “Magnificent Seven” ...

The Fed Is Turning to These Data Sets During the Shutdown. Here’s What They Reveal About the Economy

With the government shutdown halting key reports, the Fed is turning to private data and creative clues to keep tabs on the U ...

Drawing voting lines: Can algorithms make U.S. elections fairer?

Needing to redraw North Carolina's legislative districts under a court order, lawmakers last year employed a state lottery ...