According to data from the Federal Reserve, the top 10% of Americans by wealth own a record high 89% of all U.S. stocks held ...

On the right side, you can see the upper diagonal heading up, while the one on the bottom falls to the ground. Now substitute upper-income Americans for the topmost diagonal, heading up and away, and ...

Modern economists attempt to define money by correlating it with economic activity. As Austrian economists know, money is ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Federal workers in Hampton Roads continue to tighten their budgets amid the ongoing government shutdown. Experts estimate the economy is slowing, as roughly $4 in $10 of economic ...

Adjusted corporate income tax receipts and mild improvements in some state revenue sources have modestly improved state’s budget outlook, economists said This is a developing story and may be updated.

If America’s economy has a prosperous holiday season, the data suggests, we’ll have rich folks to thank. The top 10% of earners now account for roughly half of all consumer spending, according to a ...

The U.S. economy expanded at a 3% annual pace in the second quarter, bouncing back strongly from a contraction in the first three months of the year. Much of the increase in the nation’s gross ...

A Vanguard study found that, on average, a hypothetical $500,000 investment over 25 years would grow to $1.7 million if you ...

TEXAS, USA — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. All signs point to a slowdown of the Texas economy as job growth slows, ...

The velocity of money measures how quickly money circulates in an economy. Calculated as GDP divided by money supply, it ...

Being the econ nerds that we are here at Planet Money and The Indicator, this Thanksgiving we want to give thanks for economic insights that improved our lives, solved a problem, or just plain ...

This is a developing story and may be updated. Like putting on an old winter coat and pulling an unexpected $20 bill from the pocket, or getting a birthday check that covers a surprise bill, the $373 ...