Economy

An analysis by Josh Bivens at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities looks at the connection between wages and inflation.  The strong link between ……Read More

While the markets focus on oil prices, oil producers in North America are suffering from low prices in another of their commodities, natural gas.   ……Read More

Way back in August 2012, I first posted an article on negative interest rates.  At that time, the European Central Bank was discussing the possibility ……Read More

There is one issue that the Federal Reserve's protracted period of near-zero interest rates have created that doesn't receive a great deal of coverage in ……Read More

When the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its monthly Consumer Price Index, it generally seems that the headline inflation rate really doesn't reflect our own ……Read More