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The Indicator of the Year

2023/12/15

By many measures, 2023 was a decent year for the U.S. economy, but that's not how people necessarily

Women lag behind men when it comes to investing. Combine this with the fact that women tend to earn

In the world of science there are laws—rules that describe how the universe works. The Federal Reser

How often are you shopping online and think to yourself, is that shirt/dress/jeans in my shopping ca

Since the end of November, diplomats, scientists, activists and lobbyists from nearly every country

We often talk about the jobs lost due to artificial intelligence. But what about the ones created or

"Don't reinvent the wheel" is a common phrase, but structural engineer Roma Agrawal doesn't buy it.

In 2021, the most popular term on Investopedia was "capital gains tax." In 2022, it was "poison pill

Eight times a year, regional Federal Reserve Banks release a collection of anecdotes that reveal sto

Drugs used for weight loss like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are nearly everywhere in popular cultur

On the latest edition of Indicators of the week, inflation in the U.S. and Europe is slowing down. P

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week on whether the federal government can tax some

A favorite of productivity hackers, the Pareto Principle, aka the 80/20 rule, has taken on a life of

The Middle East is synonymous with oil production. And historically, oil prices usually surge when t

In 2021, a huge winter storm hit Texas. It caused a days-long blackout that resulted in hundreds of

It's an Indicator Friendsgiving! You're not alone in feeling the news has been awfully grim this yea

A lot of people have experienced some version of this: You sign up for the free one-week trial of so

The company behind ChatGPT pushed out its CEO Sam Altman on Friday. OpenAI's board gave the public l

We've been on a wild economic ride lately so let's find the key trends to make sense of where the ec

You ask, we answer! Today we answer listener questions on whether certain jobs are becoming "feminiz