Growth, inflation, wages and employment covered in terms of what they do to family finances. Coverage pairs national figures with regional breakdowns and the categories where price changes bite hardest. Written for consumer analysts, brand and pricing teams, and readers managing a budget against a moving cost base.
Weekly unemployment insurance claims are the fastest labor-market number the government publishes; the monthly unemployment rate is the most comprehensive — and they measure different things.
Lena Fischer · February 14, 2026
The gap between long-term and short-term Treasury yields has preceded every modern U.S. recession — but its timing record is unreliable, and the signal works differently when it uninverts.
Monica Cummings · January 22, 2026
The Employment Cost Index measures what employers pay for labor, benefits included, and the Federal Reserve treats it as the cleanest wage-inflation gauge the government publishes.
Lena Fischer · December 30, 2025
