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Assembly Required: With hundreds of factories under construction, America is now scrambling to convince a younger generation to take up careers in manufacturing.

by a.serulneck | May 23, 2025 | Uncategorized

Drew Crowe, a tattooed 30-something with gold teeth and diamond encrusted chains around his neck, is making the next stop on his Notorious MFG Tour. Aided by his DJ companion, a laser light show and a smoke machine, hents the stage in an Illinois high school...
Trump’s Targeting of Maine Affecting Access to Food for People Across the State

Trump’s Targeting of Maine Affecting Access to Food for People Across the State

by shenal.tissera | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized

Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency again last November, Sandy Swett, founder of the Harrison Food Bank in Maine, had been expecting a reduction in the food shipments from the federal government. However, a 40% decline was far more than she had envisioned. In...

What to Look for in April’s Personal Income Report

by Olivya Veazey | Apr 30, 2025 | Personal Income, Uncategorized

When the Commerce Department releases their monthly Personal Income Report tomorrow, it will help us understand how consumers and businesses are responding to an unpredictable economy: saving, spending, and sometimes both. Most economists expect that consumer spending...

Retail Sales Has a Lukewarm Bounce Back Following Sharp Decline

https://dismalscience.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/04/12/retail-sales-has-a-lukewarm-bounce-back-following-sharp-decline/
Rising Costs and Chilled Growth on the Docket for U.S. Economy

Rising Costs and Chilled Growth on the Docket for U.S. Economy

by shenal.tissera | Apr 7, 2025 | Uncategorized

President Donald Trump’s surprisingly high and expansive ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs levied on the rest of the world will increase inflation and slow down growth in the U.S. economy, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday. The Nasdaq closed in a bear market...

Labor-starved North Dakota is a microcosm of the U.S.’s complicated relationship with immigration

by Elisa Muyl | May 21, 2024 | Featured, Uncategorized

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...
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