Dec 8th 2021 THE FEDERAL RESERVE has spent most of 2021 saying that high inflation would be temporary. And yet price rises have persistently overshot forecasts, reaching 5% in October,…
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Even after a weak patch, America’s economy is still in high gear
Oct 31st 2021 WASHINGTON, DC MANAGERS AT HUB GROUP, a transportation company, used to be able to click a few buttons at their headquarters in Illinois and, eight weeks later,…
Corporate America’s 2021 profits were higher than ever
Corporate America’s profit margins started strong and stayed high all throughout 2021. That’s according to financial data company FactSet. According to the firm, the second quarter of 2021 saw a…
Portraits of America’s pandemic economy
The pandemic’s effect on the US economy has been unmistakable: America suffered the starkest job losses since the Great Depression, supply chains ruptured, and lives were devastated by immense personal…