Economic Trends
Get the latest economic news and analysis to understand emerging economic trends and their impact on portfolios.
Fed's Powell Says Trade Barriers Threaten Wages and Growth
By Reade Pickert and Christopher CondonA inversion might change the Fed's plan for rate hikes.
June 04, 2018
A Mixed Outlook for the US EconomyBusiness economists are slightly less optimistic for the full year; an Atlanta Fed report is extremely bullish for Q2.
May 10, 2018
Democrats Should Learn How to Talk About InflationThe economic priorities will change before the 2020 election.
April 09, 2018
CBO: Tax Cuts, Spending Driving Debt to Historic LevelsTax cuts, not entitlements, make up the biggest part of that debt explosion, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen says.
April 03, 2018
5 Things to Know About New York Fed's Incoming PresidentWilliams is a monetary-policy centrist pushing for a rethink; San Francisco Fed chief has produced key central bank research.
November 20, 2017
Yellen Says She’ll Leave Fed Once Powell Sworn in as ChairYellen, 71, has served one term as leader of the central bank; move resolves question about whether shed stay as governor.
October 09, 2017
Thaler, Famed for ‘Nudge’ Theory, Wins Nobel Economics PrizeThaler will spend the prize money as "irrationally as possible," he says.
September 08, 2017
A Walk Through Richard Thaler’s MindFather of Behavioral Finance knocks traditional economic theorists and says we definitely should be worried about todays stock market.