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America’s Factory Comeback Takes More Than Investment | Harry Moser
Companies are on pace to announce a record number of U.S. manufacturing jobs through reshoring and foreign investment this year, according to a Resho…
4 hours ago
What Trump Accounts Could Mean for Children | John Micha
Trump Accounts opened in July, granting American children an investment account in their own names. Some start with seed money, including a $1,000 Tr…
3 days, 23 hours ago
How the Hotel Business Has Changed Since COVID | Donald Wise
A higher nightly rate looks like a win for the hotel charging it. Behind the front desk, insurance and labor costs can climb just as fast as the rate…
1 week ago
What’s Happening With Fuel? | Skip York & Ronald Stein
Diesel prices reached record highs across most major economies this fall, prompting emergency stock releases and efforts to restore Russian diesel ex…
1 week, 3 days ago
The Economics Behind Russia’s War | Andrei Illarionov
Years of sanctions and Ukrainian strikes on refineries inside Russia have put pressure on its economy. Yet Russia remains able to keep fighting. What…
1 week, 6 days ago
China’s Exports Are Booming. Why Is Demand at Home Weak? | Charlene Chu
China’s exports are growing strongly this year, but demand at home remains weak. Fixed-asset investment fell 7.2 percent in the first eight months of…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How Higher Borrowing Costs Are Changing Housing Construction | Jim Righeimer
Higher borrowing costs are putting pressure on new home construction and apartment buildings financed at lower rates. What does that mean for how muc…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
What Trucking Shows About a Split Economy | Craig Fuller
Trucks hauling steel and other heavy materials for large industrial projects are in demand, while the everyday goods people buy are moving in smaller…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Why Home Prices Kept Rising as Mortgage Rates Climbed | Barry Habib
National home prices rose in July even as mortgage rates climbed over the spring and summer. Mortgage rates have moved higher since, and the Fed rais…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
What Changes When Manufacturing Moves Back to America? | Wayne Cochran
Bringing manufacturing back to the United States means confronting the costs that helped send it overseas. After tariff changes in April 2025, pallet…
1 month ago