macroeconomics

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget presentation included a number of Assembly Minority Conference ideas, but at its core, the plan still fails to properly pri...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame th...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to mail $500 checks to millions of households has a problem: the sales tax “surplus” she wants to dish out doesn’t exist. Hoc...

CLEMSON, S.C. (TNS) — “Here is the reality,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders in his analysis of Donald Trump’s strong electoral victory and support from some...

Sales taxes collected at the local level rose at a slower rate in September and the third quarter across the state, Albany’s financial watchdog agency...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Americans can readily see the effects of record-high inflation every time they shop. Prices have soared, from the grocery store to ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — The degrowth movement, which had a moment a few years ago, is over — and not a moment too soon. As nations in Europe and North Americ...

One of the most important issues facing the country has been conspicuously absent from the U.S. presidential contest — and got only the most superfici...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — To say Americans are dissatisfied with the state of the economy is an understatement. Polls since late 2021 have consistently shown...

Finding a job is getting a lot harder, and it’s likely to get harder still, but there’s an obvious remedy. The U.S. Federal Reserve needs to cut inter...

Donald Trump has proposed across-the-board tariffs on goods made abroad and sold in America, as well as substantial corporate tax cuts. Kamala Harris ...

The evidence against rent control is vast and continues to pile high. The latest example comes from Argentina. In 2020, Argentina faced rapidly rising...

Democrats open their national convention Monday in Chicago, the largest city in Illinois, a state that perfectly encapsulates the dangers of their pro...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Government spending is stealing your future. Each year, the federal government takes and spends nearly one-quarter of every dollar ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — If you’re having trouble paying your bills today — much less saving any money — you’re not alone. The average savings rate in June ...

Local sales tax collections slipped for all area taxing bodies in June and the second quarter of the year, the Office of the State Comptroller announc...

Area unemployment rates in June stayed relatively flat, mirroring trends at the state and national level. According to the state Department of Labor, ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — If you’re facing a cost-of-living crisis, you’re not alone. Three-quarters of Americans agree with you, saying they don’t feel fina...