Trump renews call for lower Fed interest rates
President Trump urged the Fed to cut rates, even as July minutes showed many officials saw a case for higher rates without more in...
By Sarah Jenkins 3 days agoSection
Economics
Is economics a social science?
Yes. Economics studies human choices, institutions and economies, using theory, evidence and quantitative tools to examine them.
By Sarah Jenkins 1 week ago
AEPF2026 Singapore conference reports 17 research presentations
East Asia Research says its inaugural Singapore forum brought together research on green growth and policy, with a future paper se...
By David L. Chen 1 week ago
July CPI 2026: US consumer prices rose 0.1% as annual inflation eased to 3.4%
US consumer prices rose 0.1% in July as energy prices fell, while annual inflation slowed to 3.4%, according to the Bureau of Labo...
By Sarah Jenkins 1 week agoMicroeconomics vs macroeconomics: the difference in focus
Microeconomics studies individual markets and decisions by consumers and firms. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide output, emplo...
By David L. Chen 1 week agoThe circular flow model maps income, output and spending
A guide to the households, firms, markets and opposing flows that make up economics’ basic circular-flow diagram.
By Sarah Jenkins 1 week agoWhat industrial policy is and how it works
Industrial policy uses public interventions to shape business activity. Its effectiveness is mixed, placing weight on diagnosis, d...
By Sarah Jenkins 2 weeks agoInflation measurement: how price indexes turn purchases into a rate
Inflation is the change in a weighted price index, with the chosen basket, time period and exclusions shaping the result.
By Sarah Jenkins 2 weeks agoHow is the unemployment rate calculated in the United States?
The official rate divides unemployed people by the labour force, using weighted household-survey estimates rather than unemploymen...
By Sarah Jenkins 2 weeks ago
Permutable global industrial production sentiment splits across major economies
Permutable’s latest reading shows stronger reporting sentiment in Canada, India and South Korea, while the UK, Germany and China d...
By Sarah Jenkins 2 weeks ago
Europe drought on Rhine and Danube disrupts power and freight
Romania used controlled Danube blasts to aid nuclear cooling as low water raises Rhine freight costs and strains power supply.
By David L. Chen 2 weeks agoCyclical unemployment rises when demand and output fall
Cyclical unemployment is joblessness linked to economic downturns, when weaker demand leads firms to reduce hiring, production or...
By David L. Chen 2 weeks ago