July core PCE inflation rises 3.3% from a year earlier
Core PCE rose 0.2% in July and 3.3% annually, while headline PCE held at 3.7%, keeping inflation above the Fed’s target.
By David L. Chen 1 month agoSection
Economics
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 1 month agoIs 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 month 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 month 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 month agoMicroeconomics vs. macroeconomics: differences and examples
Microeconomics studies individual markets and decisions by consumers and firms. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide output, emplo...
By David L. Chen 1 month agoThe circular flow model: income, spending and output explained
A guide to the households, firms, markets and opposing flows that make up economics’ basic circular-flow diagram.
By Sarah Jenkins 1 month agoWhat is industrial policy? Tools, goals and trade-offs
Industrial policy uses public interventions to shape business activity. Its effectiveness is mixed, placing weight on diagnosis, d...
By Sarah Jenkins 2 months agoHow inflation is measured: price indexes and a worked example
Inflation is the change in a weighted price index, with the chosen basket, time period and exclusions shaping the result.
By Sarah Jenkins 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago