We provide new evidence that short-run temperature shocks affect unemployment dynamics. Linking daily weather data with three decades of Current Population Survey microdata, we show that cold, but not ...

Gen Z, South Africa’s most powerful consumer force, is a generation defined by its aversion to fleeting trends, cultural ...

Cut Report This monthly report counts and categorizes announcements of corporate layoffs based on mass layoff data from state ...

US consumer confidence dipped again and remains on par with where we were during the pandemic. Concerns about the potential for tariff-induced price rises, a rapidly cooling jobs market and ...

China’s economy is at a critical stage of structural transformation. While “promoting consumption” and “improving people’s livelihood” have been identified as economic priorities, a pronounced ...

There is no collapse. No Lehman Brothers moment. Instead it’s a slow burn, a financial treadmill that many are never able to get off. Across the country, households are juggling a web of obligations: ...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a landmark initiative in Africa’s economic integration agenda, with the potential to reshape trade dynamics, enhance industrialisation, and ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, a key measure of changes in purchasing trends and inflation. The actual reading came in at 0.3%, a slight ...