The Federal Reserve's quantity-based monetary policy since 2009 enabled stable 2.5% annual real GDP growth through 2025. Quantitative easing and tightening anchored long-term economic expansion, ...

The Federal Reserve’s signaling to the market that its next move will be rate cuts actually makes it more difficult to cut rates. The signal to the market about rate cuts leads to a loosening of ...

The global commodities market is facing unprecedented challenges due to a combination of geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and supply chain disruptions. These factors have led to significant ...

Traditionally, our economy and markets have been all about supply and demand. Industrial policy, that’s for other places. Other governments pick winders. Ours doesn’t. But…. Times are changing. We’re ...

Crucial topics in economics go in and out like fashion trends. When I first taught macroecon in the 1980s, the money supply was a key issue in economic policy. Inflation was high. The Keynesian ...

Transforming a government-heavy economy into one where the private sector leads not only takes time but also requires a period of detoxification, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Co-Founder of Fictiv. Stanford MechE. Ford Alum. Forbes 30 Under 30. The manufacturing industry in 2024 is defined by a ...

As the year winds down, finance pros are scanning the horizon for signals of what 2026 may hold. Apollo chief economist Torsten Sløk sees five risks to markets and the economy. He thinks the US ...

The author would like to extend special thanks to Dewjeong Lee for her substantive research and project management support. The United States has recently pursued “friendshoring” of supply chains to ...

President Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to criticize his predecessor about the economy, alleging former President Joe Biden caused an inflation crisis. But some of Trump’s economic ...

Discover what administered prices are, their role in economies, examples from history, and how they impact supply, demand, and economic efficiency.