The Conference Board said that consumers’ fears of a recession declined in June, with 69.3% of respondents saying a recession is somewhat or very likely in the next 12 months, down from 73.2% in May.
At latest count, some 38 households with 144 people from Afghanistan have settled in Muncie.
In the United States, pollution emitted by manufacturers has steadily declined over the last several decades while output has increased.
The latest federal report suggests manufacturers are growing cautious in the face of tepid global demand and equipment spending.
While the recent debt-limit bill did not solve the United States’ long-running fiscal problem, its process gives us a glimmer of hope.
A nation is ill-advised to depend on a potential military adversary for its entire supply of military-related goods.
In February 2022, Bill spoke to the student-led Ball State Economics Club. Bill gave us an inside view into the growth, challenges and ultimate triumph of Angie’s List (now called Angi), the company he co-founded.
Neither China nor Russia are liberal democracies, and India is backtracking on its democratic leanings.
For over 100 years, water has been an asset subject to the rule of use-it-or-lose-it. Western water laws ensure that unused water is forfeited back to the common pool.
Open-market operations are when the Fed increases or reduces the nation’s money supply by buying or selling government bonds.
The word economics, however, traces to the Greek word oikonomia, which, in ancient Greece, meant estate management.
It is estimated that 169,000 workers have lost jobs in technology companies since the first of the year.
Death, destruction and rebirth, followed by unheralded improvements that are often difficult to foresee, are economic parallels to the narratives of religious faith.
The average U.S. workweek has dropped, according to new research. That’s enabled some Americans to emulate their European counterparts and spend more time on leisure and other activities.
The failure of SVB is almost exclusively driven by regulators and bank management ignoring what country bankers knew. That is, you can’t finance long-term investments with short-term money.
State-sanctioned gambling is a significant source of state tax revenue.
Even with these hardships, the Lebanese people are resilient.
Inflation is when it becomes more expensive to purchase that bundle of goods.
Perhaps the most depressing aspect of the war is, there is no end in sight.
Only 20% of parents say it is extremely or very important their children get married or have children as adults.
