What Fewer Restaurant Visits Tell Us About the Economy
It was a strange year for the U.S. restaurant industry. Despite a stable job market and easing inflation, Americans ate out far less in 2025....
A Federal Judge Pushes Back on Attempt to Defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, reversing a move that had...
AI Surge Lifts Tech Stocks in 2025
The stock market closed out 2025 on a high note, thanks largely to artificial intelligence. Tech companies at the heart of AI development saw their...
Why a CEO’s Stock Buy Moves the Market
When senior executives or board members of a public company buy or sell their own stock, the news often grabs headlines and sways investor sentiment...
CME Group Tightens Margin Rules Amid Precious Metal Volatility
Gold and silver prices slipped on Wednesday after CME Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CME), one of the world’s largest operators of commodities exchanges, announced yet another...
Behind the Curtain of a Changing Entertainment Industry
In 2025, the U.S. entertainment industry faced another difficult chapter. More than 17,000 jobs were cut across television, film, broadcast, news, and streaming in the...
How Minimum Wage Is Changing Across the U.S. in 2026
Few topics in American economics spark as much discussion as the minimum wage. It touches everything from small business costs to household budgets. In 2026,...
The Metal at the Core of Tomorrow’s Technologies
Copper’s 2025 story was one of resurgence, resilience, and quiet transformation. After years of steady but unremarkable pricing, the metal known as the “red gold”...
The Rise of Family Offices and the Changing Deal Landscape
Over the past decade, a quiet transformation has taken place in U.S. finance. Wealthy families, often long content to let banks or external fund managers...
What Rising Bankruptcies Say About U.S. Manufacturing Health
Rising bankruptcies in U.S. manufacturing are not a footnote to the 2025 economy. They sit at the center of a broader wave of corporate failures...
