Pessimism has become both widespread and persistent. In America consumer sentiment is near its lowest on record. Across ...

Low-income Americans have missed out on the wealth effects that have benefited the highest earners. The Fed, which has played a role in what economists refer to as the K-shaped economy, can’t easily ...

Voters are headed to the polls on the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle with one issue in particular at the top of their minds: the state of the U.S. economy. About one-third of Americans ...

Both political parties offer quick-fix solutions to complex economic problems, particularly inflation, which disproportionately affects lower-income consumers. The Inflation Reduction Act, while ...

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world's major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of inequality and its contributing factors in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East-North ...

Today is the official kickoff of the Biden campaign’s revamped economic message: “‘Bidenomics’ is working for America” and, as his press secretary put it, “people are feeling better about their ...

Wendy Carlin explains how a new approach to economics education can help address pressing societal problems In the early 2010s, a widespread feeling that economics teaching was failing students ...