Economics

Power to the people: India's economy is yet to replicate China's prosperity
Rubles: Checking in on Russia's economy
Home economics: 4 reflections on the US economy
The AlternaTV: The cost of TVs has plummeted since 2000
Top Dollars: There's more $100 bills in circulation than ever
Behind the Vail: Mountain profits leans heavily on pass sales
America's finances: Visualizing the federal budget
Conscious uncoupling: Foreign investment in China turned red in 2023
Walled off: America now imports more from Mexico than China
Shrinking incentives: Bonuses took a hit in 2023
2023 in Charts: Recession loomed as AI boomed
Gaining interest: Corporate America hasn't been hit by rising interest rates... yet
Currency crises: Argentina’s president-elect has a long list of economic issues to tackle
Inside inflation: Which prices are rising the most?
50:50: A recession is pretty much a coin flip, according to top economists
Measuring misery: The combined effects of inflation & unemployment
Stuff is expensive: Prices are above 2020 levels but no longer rising as quickly
Feeling zen: Wall Street's "fear index" is at a multi-year low
Keeping up: It's been a while, but pay rises are finally starting to match inflation
Bridging the gap: At a global level, income inequality continues to fall
Necessary luxury: Luxury market has bounced back from covid
Overtaking: India is set to become the world's most populous country
Gloomy: The IMF doesn't hold much hope for the UK this year
Burgernomics: The Economist's Big Mac Index is back
CEOs: Bosses around the country are feeling less confident
Strikes: America's railroads could grind to a halt
Inflation vs. wages: Inflation is winning
Déjà Vu: Taking stock of inflation in America
Hiring slowdown: Companies are cutting back on hiring plans
Sterling slide: What's happening with the UK economy, in 4 charts
Oversubscribed: Consumers are struggling to keep track of subscriptions
The slow pop: China's housing market is deflating
Off-base: The latest crypto slump has been bad news for Coinbase
Recession, or no recession? The latest economic data, in context
Abandon cart: E-commerce ain't what it used to be
Still searching: The economics of Google
The Fed budget: The deficit is going down... but it's still huge
State of the union: 4 charts we're watching on the US economy
The productivity gap: Workers are more efficient, but wages haven't kept up
Oscars ratings: They went up, but only a bit
Flipped, turned upside down: The yield curve just inverted
New York, new way of work: Subway usage is still way down in the big apple
Is "peak globalization" behind us?
Oil supply: The oil price is spiking as Russia's invasion of Ukraine intensifies
The housing market: Time to build
Mortgage rates are rising after years of downward pressure
Mortgage rates are rising after years of downward pressure
Inflation vs. interest rates: A tale of two trends
Pfizer's big year
Inflation: Not all price rises are equal
Coffee prices have doubled in the last year
World inequality: How much of the world's wealth do billionaires own? We explore the latest report
The economics of coffee
Inflation: Prices are rising at their fastest pace for 30 years
Bubble trouble: Stock markets are at all time highs, are we in a bubble that's about to burst?
A pot of Irish gold: Ireland has long benefited from its low corporate taxes
Olympic marathons: This year it's all about the shoes
Cuba: The country is in turmoil, as protests spill into the streets
House prices: House prices are surging, pretty much everywhere
Inflation: People are worried about it and the latest numbers are hot off the press
Jobless claims: The US economy seems to be heading in the right direction, even if we're a long way from normal
Stocks: Stock markets haven't risen this much in a 12-month period for a long, long time
Suez Canal: Someone is having a very bad day on one of the busiest waterways in the world
Women in the workforce: We explore 70 years of US data
Inflation: Markets are anticipating higher inflation in the future
50 years of US unemployment: Biden has inherited the reins of a fragile economy — we get some historical context
New kids on the bloc: 15 countries just signed the world's largest trade agreement
US weekly unemployment: Claims have hit levels never seen before
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