Two days after the Supreme Court’s tariff decision, the headline is no longer simply that the justices drew a line on presidential authority. The immediate...
Uncertainty is no longer a background condition for middle-market firms. It is now a measurable cost center. That was the central theme of “How Business...
This time each year, millions of consumers in the United States tell themselves comforting but misleading stories about their tax refunds. One story is that...
If one theme connected fourth-quarter earnings calls across consumer packaged goods companies and discretionary brands, such as toymakers, it was the emergence of a consumer...
The latest inflation data released Friday (Feb 13) point to a continued easing of price pressures, particularly in categories that define household necessity rather than...
The consumer in the United States is no longer one market. It’s two. And corporate earnings calls are increasingly where the split shows up first....
Foreign exporters paid a growing share of the cost of new tariffs in 2025, though U.S. importers continued to pay for most of that cost,...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ January employment report, released Wednesday (Feb. 11), delivered the kind of headline that suggests calm. Payrolls rose by 130,000 and...