Thanks to a strong stock market and record home prices, asset owners are feeling richer, even if it’s only on paper. Today, we get into the “wealth effect” and how it may play out in the presidential election. Also: Higher prices slow Procter & Gamble sales, the “catastrophic” halt to a Baltimore port business, and why companies change the metrics they report to investors.
Is the U.S. ready to be a chipmaking superpower?
Democracy is critical to prosperity, Treasury secretary says
Rents outpace wages in big cities across the U.S.
A little more time for Social Security and Medicare funds
Do you like your job?
Why government benefits are likely to stick around
Breaking Ground: Where are all the jobs?
Breaking Ground: The plants were there first
Breaking Ground: A visit to the “Silicon Desert”
Keep on truckin’
A looming deadline for student loan forgiveness
GDP grows more slowly than expected
Clock starts on TikTok ban
The business cycle is getting less cyclical
A new spin on the yard sale
Will AI be the dot-com bubble all over again?
Steel tariffs déjà vu
Slow and steady global growth
Playing an economic guessing game
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