Today's focus
Equities Global marketsCentral banks Rates & policyTechnology AI & innovationEnergy Commodities & supplyGlobal trade Business & geopolitics
Trade World News / Section

Economy

Central banks, inflation, jobs, growth and global economic policy.

TW
Latest stories

Economy desk

452 stories
What’s Driving Rising Business Costs?

What’s Driving Rising Business Costs?

An analysis of the cost increases that occurred among businesses in the New York-Northern New Jersey region in 2025, using the February regional surveys.

The Post‑Pandemic Global R*

The Post‑Pandemic Global R*

In this post we provide a measure of “global” r* using data on short- and long-term yields and inflation for several countries with the approach developed in “Global Trends in Interest Rates” (Del Negro, Giannone, Gianno...

Who Is Paying for the 2025 U.S. Tariffs?

Who Is Paying for the 2025 U.S. Tariffs?

Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6 to 13 percent. In this blog post, we ask how much of the tariffs were paid by the U.S., using import data through November 2025. We find...