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Canada faces interconnected challenges of climate instability and social inequality, and our current economic approach may be ...
President Donald Trump’s efforts to curb immigration are coming at a precarious time for the U.S. labor market, threatening to choke off a key growth engine just as tariffs are poised to drag down eco ...
Slowing economic growth and reduced demand for large purchases like cars, electronics and household appliances have curtailed ...
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell to a two-month low last week, suggesting labor ...
The unemployment rate has risen over half a percentage point since the second quarter of 2023. Individual survey data ...
In February 2025, the AIER Business Conditions Monthly indicators painted a picture of a moderately slowing but still resilient US economy.
The present economy is clashing with its unknown outlook. Backwards-looking data suggest the jobs market is intact. Policy risks, though, continue to drive massive dislocations and knee-jerk reactions ...
U.S. applications for jobless benefits fell again last week as the labor market continues to hold up despite fears of a ...
Markets are expecting more rate cuts than they are likely to get, I argue, and the Fed's hawkish stance reinforces my views.
As China staggers into a slowdown caused by Donald Trump’s trade war, a hobbled jobs market is impairing the resilience ...
The concerns are not without reason. U.S.-based employers announced 275,240 job cuts in March—more than five years ago when ...
On again, off again: the spectre of the potential economic fallout of tariffs has worried Americans since President Trump’s inaugural address, when he proposed to “tariff and tax foreign countries ...