The 2008 financial crash ripped a giant hole in the incomes and wealth of Americans, limiting their ability to afford everything from big-ticket purchases like cars to their rent. The government ...

Simulations using a Phillips curve-type relationship provide insights into the importance of demand versus supply for inflation over different periods. The decade of low inflation after the Great ...

The two main narratives in oil markets today revolve around a supply crunch sending prices higher and the global economic slowdown destroying demand. While there are both supply and demand issues, it ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As the world accelerates toward a greener future, the surge in demand for copper is poised ...

The housing market experienced historically low levels of inventory along with rapid price growth in the two years following the onset of the pandemic. Analysis of national and county-level housing ...

It is central to Keynesian economic thought that market prices are sticky—that is, they sometimes fail to adjust quickly or at all to changes in supply and demand. Central banks therefore intervene to ...

LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Thursday after surging in the previous session on a larger-than-expected draw in U.S. gasoline stocks, as markets weighed macroeconomic concerns and ...

What are the contributions of demand and supply factors to inflation? To address this question, we follow Shapiro (2022) and construct quarterly demand-driven and supply-driven inflation series for 32 ...

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - Output cuts announced by OPEC+ producers risk exacerbating an oil supply deficit expected in the second half of the year and could hurt consumers and global economic ...

Oil prices plunged to their lowest level since December 2021, with Brent oil falling 4% to $68.99 on Tuesday. Supply and demand issues, including a slowdown in China's economy, are pressuring prices.

The title of Benjamin M. Friedman’s “Religious Influences on Economic Thinking” is dully academic but eye-catching all the same. It is a slim book, some of it a restatement of the argument the author ...