It's been a year of conflicting signals and economic puzzles. Gross domestic product actually contracted by 0.6% for the first three months of 2025 but rose by 3.8% in the second half, helped by an ...

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Behavioral finance research shows that when markets are dominated by fearless optimism, liquidity can evaporate abruptly once ...

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week.

Even with a 2.8% COLA for 2026, many Americans are nonetheless worried about how Social Security will help pay for their rising expenses in retirement.