What does the president of the United States have to do with the price of eggs? Nothing. But try telling that to social media.

The last time this happened, voters didn’t credit Bill Clinton. That may be a bad omen, or a good one.

The Chicago school ruled supreme over economics—until recently.

They’re wrong, of course. But I have a few hypotheses, including an insurance-premium crisis brought on by climate change.

A year since its passage, the green spending law seems to be succeeding on its own terms. But is it fun enough to woo voters?

The much-vaunted target is stupidly low—and not the most important economic indicator of the moment.

Jay Powell? The Fed? Joe Biden? Congress? The one percent? No, no, no, no—and definitely no.

Tuesday’s twin victories of progressive Brandon Johnson in Chicago and liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin disprove the argument that Democrats need to embrace centrism.

Before the SVB collapse, Powell was taming inflation without harming the U.S. economy. Now it’s fair to ask whether Biden should fire him.

Here’s what you need to know about the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ new consumer price index report.

The president’s war on the purveyors of junk fees is his most popular idea yet.

The latest jobs report shows that while unemployment remains freakishly low, real wages are falling—thus shifting power back toward management.

Inherited wealth may keep the Fed from giving us a soft landing.

As a policy, the 2021 expansion was historically successful, cutting child poverty nearly in half. But it died by politics this year. Can it be revived in 2023?

It wasn’t great, but the 1970s did not return, and in 2023 the economic indicator we’ll be talking about will be unemployment.

Inflation cooled in November, according to a new report released by the Labor Department. Let’s put that in context.

Two chief economists at the Labor Department explain what’s different about today’s economic recovery and what’s changed since the Great Recession.

There’s even a growing possibility we can avoid a recession.

Voters are focused on the problem that’s getting better and tuning out problems like abortion access and Republican extremism that are getting worse.

The Federal Reserve has increased interest rates by .75 percent. Economists Ryan Sweet and Dean Baker explain what that means.