by Emma Ferrara | Apr 11, 2026 | Economy
For a Rust Belt City down on its luck, new industry seems like the ideal antidote. So when Micron announced its plans to invest $100 billion in a new semiconductor plant in Syracuse, NY, the proposal was met with overwhelming support from lawmakers and business...
by Stephanie Hong | Apr 9, 2026 | Consumer Price Index, Economy
As the first key indication of whether the Iran war is feeding directly into inflation, economists predicted this week that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), to be released on Friday, would show that energy prices rose in March. Tomorrow’s CPI data will be crucial to...
by Giulio Gnash | Apr 8, 2026 | Personal Income
Thursday’s personal income report will likely show moderate income growth and steady inflation while reflecting the state of the U.S. economy at the moment the country entered another Middle Eastern conflict. Here are five things to look out for in tomorrow’s report....
by Cole van Miltenburg | Apr 7, 2026 | Featured, International Trade, Manufacturing
As tariffs reshape seafood processing, the state’s largest food export is in jeopardy. Curt Brown grew up lobstering in Cape Elizabeth, a scenic coastal town in southern Maine. When he wasn’t hauling traps at sea, he worked at a wharf in nearby Portland, where...
by Nancy Jiang | Apr 6, 2026 | Economy, Featured, International Trade
For Vito Ventracella, a 30-year-old Italian wine producer, the drink runs in his blood. He’s helped run Colli della Murgia, his family’s 35-year-old organic winery, based in Southern Italy’s Puglia, ever since he could remember, but for the first time, the...
by Sophie Hayssen | Apr 2, 2026 | Housing
Housing prices failed to keep up with inflation for eight straight months as the rate of annual growth fell. National home prices reported a .9% annual gain at the start of the year, down from 1.1% in December, according to the monthly S&P Case Shiller report...
