A taper tantrum unlikely, yet monetary policy’s path is dependent on still-evolving economic circumstances.

It’s a quandary: Restaurant, hotel and other service-sector workers were laid off by the millions during the pandemic lockdown—now those businesses can’t fill their job vacancies, just when Americans are ready to spend money.

Russia and Saudi Arabia team up to create OPEC+, a super-cartel that suppresses oil production, manipulates markets and drives oil prices up.

U.S. economy pushes toward full recovery in late 2022, but elsewhere in the world, vaccinations lag as does growth.

The Consumer Price Index rose in June ushering in more fears of runaway inflation, but digging into the numbers reveals there’s more to the story.

China’s growth likely will exceed expectations this year, but long-term demographic challenges—like a falling birth rate—have the communist government trying to keep annual economic expansion in the 5-6% range.

The United States responded to the COVID-19-induced recession with vast fiscal stimulus and government relief, making the economic outlook bright through 2022, but all that deficit spending might cause trouble after that.

Biden’s massive infrastructure proposal raises many concerns but also the possibility for decades of economic growth—if done right.