Yes, the macroeconomic data at the time showed inflation subsiding, good jobs reports, and low unemployment. However, voters still felt the economy was doing poorly due to persistent inflation and ...

Rapid AI progress (as shown in recent events, such as AI working out an unsolved math problem) suggests non-zero odds of meaningful Artificial-General-Intelligence-level breakthroughs as soon as 2026.

Thailand’s consumer prices fell for the eighth straight month, heightening pressure on the central bank to cut its policy rate for a fourth time this year. The consumer price index fell 0.49% in ...

Elon Musk recently predicted that in about 3 years, the economy is likely to enter a deflationary boom. I look at the implications that this has for the economy and market. I also share how I am ...

Living in China is getting cheaper. Because rents in my neighborhood in central Beijing are dropping, my wife and I pressed our landlord to reduce ours by $140 a month in a new lease that we signed ...

Beijing’s campaign to rein in price wars and blunt deflation has done little to lift third-quarter earnings, leaving investors short on catalysts as Chinese stocks extend their losses into a second ...

Donald Trump got elected in 2024 because voters felt prices were too high. But, as our guest says, that’s not really a great thing for a politician to promise. So, as we head into the holiday season ...

I put an Interior Define sofa to the test to see how it performed in the face of the ultimate judge: my cat. Our editors and experts handpick every product we feature. We may earn a commission from ...