Four policy areas are coalescing in the platforms of both US presidential candidates: housing, immigration, food prices, and tariffs. Yet none of these plans can address the fundamental weaknesses of the US economy.  

CPI data in the United States added to fears that the global economic recovery could be derailed by runaway inflation.

The Biden administration has proposed a bold – and expensive – stimulus package to reinvigorate the US economy, and its legislative path will say a lot about how US politics will operate over the next two years.

How big of a problem is US student debt, and what can we expect the Biden administration to do about it?

Recounting the latest economic disruptions due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The IMF’s latest global economic outlook picks up where it left off in April by further reducing growth projections for 2019 and 2020.

Ignored by headlines and political debate, the US debt load continues to expand at a staggering rate.

2018 ended with a rout in global equity markets, and the trend could well persist in the year to come.

US growth numbers provided a pleasant surprise today, but a slowdown could be looming on the horizon.

A tentative recovery after a sell-off rippled through global equity markets yesterday.