The State of the Small Business: Hiring Problems, Inventory Shortages, and Big Price Increases
This article was written by Wolf Richter and originally published at Wolf Street Small businesses are tough. Many disappear quietly. Hiring ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Tag: Finance
Inflation and the Price of Goods: What to Buy Now and What to Avoid
It may seem that everywhere you turn, costs are going up. Earlier this year, Chipotle raised its menu prices by ...
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Part of Green New Deal, Jacks Up Debt
As the U.S. Senate moves closer to passing a trillion-dollar spending bill that includes some infrastructure priorities, critics are warning ...
A Conversation On Wall Street and Dangerous Monetary Policy
On this episode of the Authors Corner, Ethan Yang sits down with former hedge fund manager and founder of Signals ...
How Food Stamps Are Like Broken Windows
“We must remember for every dollar spent by a SNAP recipient, the economy is stimulated by $1.50.” This line was ...
Grocery Chain CEO Warns Inflation Could Push Food Prices 14% Higher – Within Months
On the heels of a prediction from a grocery chain chief that food prices could be 14% higher within just ...
Not Smart Financial Regulation
On July 1st, a new regulation for large U.S. banks, the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR), went into effect. This ...
A Conversation on Occupational Licensing
On this episode of the Authors Corner, Ethan interviews AIER Visiting Research Fellow and Economics PhD candidate at Middle Tennessee ...
With Home Prices Soaring, Shoppers Fear Buying at the Top of a Bubble
Google reported in April that the search question “When is the housing market going to crash?” had spiked 2,450 percent in ...
Congressman Asks for Federal Investigation of Wells Fargo
Rep. Paul Gosar, a Republican member of Congress from Arizona, is asking federal regulators at the Office of the Comptroller ...
