A 16-ounce bag of potato chips now costs about 31% more than it did five years ago, according to U.S. government research. Ever eaten part of a bag and then forgotten it, only to find that the leftovers are soggy and sad? Air fryer to the rescue! This wildly popular appliance can bring chips and other foods back to life in just a few minutes. When the average cost of a 16-ounce bag of chips is…
Oil prices surged and the stock market’s “fear gauge” spiked as the war between the U.S. and Iran escalated again on Wednesday. Violence in the Middle East continues to impede traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, while even exponential growth for AI-related companies is letting down investors, traders and speculators. “We’ll be hitting them hard,”…
Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 16, 2026 Agencies issue joint statement on handling of highly sensitive information during bank examinations Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation…
Strategists Jay Barry and Jason Hunter are predicting fallout from the Treasury’s move that they see as not even needed.
How exposed are open economies to global demand shocks? In equilibrium, foreign booms can be absorbed either by domestic consumption (“quantities”) or by real exchange rate appreciation (“prices”). We show that failures of Ricardian equivalence and global financial market imperfections, two frictions popular in much recent work, have opposite effects on the split: while elevated…
Using text-as-data methods, we quantify the U.S. discourse on China, place it in historical perspective, and compare its evolution across different sources of public narrative. Our analysis is based on a large corpus of materials drawn from public records (presidential and congressional records, newspaper articles, social media, think tank reports). We develop two measures of…
en English Longer Reads Jul 24, 2026 Chrystia Freeland There are several reasons why Ukraine has been able to stymie its much larger aggressor. For the world’s democracies, the most important lesson to draw from Ukrainians’ doggedness and brilliant innovations and…
