American cities are broke but don’t worry, they’re still expanding like nothing’s wrong. This episode breaks down how towns across the U.S. turned “growth” into the world’s most polite Ponzi scheme.

Honda vehicles are lined up at a vehicle storage yard at an industrial port, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] The Japanese government on Thursday revised downward its ...

Europe's economy has grown by a modest 0.2% in the third quarter, according to official figures released Thursday ...

Christmas budget boost have been crushed, with experts warning job losses, rising inflation and interest-rate hikes are now ...

The financial services industry is entering a transformative year as AI agents automate everything from compliance checks to ...

Learn about economic conditions, key indicators like GDP and inflation, and their impact on investments. Explore strategies for navigating economic cycles effectively.

Chris Spratling, managing director of Chalkhill Blue Limited and author of The Exit Roadmap, examines how the A.I. boom has ...

Economists have two views on the nation’s economy—stronger-than-expected growth and weaker employment prospects. The split boils down to the forces driving the economy: a boom in investment in ...

Only Spain’s membership in the European Monetary Union enables the country to avoid very high borrowing costs. Spain’s total debt-to-GDP ratio is similar to that of the United Kingdom, but its cost to ...

The International Monetary Fund said the impact of trade tensions had been limited so far, but it expects growth to slow. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The global economy is projected to ...

PROVIDENCE — Peter Howitt turned off his phone before going to bed Sunday night. Then in the darkness of early Monday morning, his wife’s phone started ringing. And ringing. And ringing again. “It was ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for their work explaining how innovation and what economists call “creative destruction” drive ...