Trump Gaining In Polls Among Black Voters
As polls show an uptick in support for the presumed Republican nominee, experts say the support for Trump is tied to inflation and a history of incumbents being held responsible for the nation’s economic woes, something that disproportionately affects Black voters....
Economic skepticism may drive young voters away from the ballot
Imagine a frog in a pot of water. Someone raises the temperature and the frog acclimates to it. But the heat only keeps rising. That's what inflation feels like to Kody Kohnen, a 22-year old senior at Texas A&M studying agricultural leadership, who explained the...
The Grocer Gap: Racial Disparity in the Food Distribution Industry
It is no secret that Black Americans are underrepresented as business owners. They make up about 12.4% of the US population, but Black business owners are only 2.4% of all employer-owned firms. And while Census data shows that the number of Black-owned businesses in...
Labor-starved North Dakota is a microcosm of the U.S.’s complicated relationship with immigration
Embed from Getty Images Kwan Yong Lee moved to North Dakota in 2013, after graduating with an economics PhD from Purdue University, to work at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He’s gotten pretty used to the cold, and likes that Grand Forks is safe, and...
Global coffee, cacao prices reach historic highs due to climate change
Kinani Ahmed, owner of Sextant Coffee Roasters in San Francisco, opened his roastery in 2014 with a goal of sharing the finest coffees of Ethiopia with others. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, that goal has become more and more expensive. The civil war in Ethiopia,...
In April, jobs numbers cooled after months of surprising growth
The US economy added fewer jobs than expected in April, signaling that months of surprising growth may finally be slowing. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employers added 175,000 new jobs in April, well below economists’ expectations of around 240,000...
Five Things to look for in the trade report
The upcoming trade report will reveal the health of the trade balance in March. It will also tell if exports and imports continue to increase which will point toward the strength of the consumer economy. Rising imports Imports have seen a steady...
Case-Shiller: 5 Things To Watch For
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report, which measures home prices nationally, is set to be released on Tuesday. After a record-breaking year in 2023 - home prices rose 5.5% to close out last year - economists are confident Tuesday’s report will continue to show...
Five Things to Watch Out for in the March PCE Report
Economists aren’t the only ones anticipating tomorrow’s Personal Income Expenditure Report. The hopes of investors and everyday people are hinging on a continued slow and steady progression of income across America. Disposable personal income increased .2% last month...