Economic Challenges

Cost of Living Consumer Behavior Unemployment Inflation Public Perception Business Environment Labor Market Public Services Small Business Owners Financial Literacy

New Analyses Show Homeownership Slipping Out of Reach in the U.S. and Australia

Fresh analyses quantify how far typical incomes fall short of what it takes to buy.

Robert Kiyosaki Warns of 2026 Layoffs, Unveils Five-Step Recession Plan

Trump Tariffs Hit Holiday Importers as Utah Christmas Company Absorbs Heavy Costs

Bank of America: Nearly One in Four U.S. Households Lived Paycheck to Paycheck in 2025

One in Four U.S. Households Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck, New Data Show

SNAP Benefits Resume After Shutdown, Yet Millions Still Await Full November Aid

German Economic Council Trims 2026 Outlook, Warns Recovery Fund Yields Little Boost

RBA Says Policy Must Stay Restrictive as Hauser Flags Tight Capacity

ICBC Cuts Mortgage Rates, Deepening Argentina's Private-Bank Mortgage Push

Analysts Project 2026 Refund Surge From Retroactive Tax Cuts and Unchanged Withholding

Venezuela’s Conexus Targets December 2025 to Bring Bitcoin and Stablecoins Into Banks

Himachal CM Seeks 2% Borrowing Leeway as Centre Assures Sympathetic Consideration

Shutdown Nears One Month as SBA Loan Pipeline Stalls and Main Street Feels the Strain

Financial Education Week Opens in Mexico With Calls to Curb Debt and Build Inclusion

Autumn Tax Forecast Lifts Revenues as States Warn of Limited Fiscal Space

Kremlin Tax Plan Faces Business Revolt as Finance Ministry Weighs Revisions

German Mittelstand Doubts Merz Government’s Reforms as New Dialogue Begins

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Files WARN Notice to Cut 87 Jobs in December

IMF Warns Global Debt Will Exceed 100% of GDP by 2029

Confindustria’s Orsini Seeks Powerful Budget and Three-Year Industrial Vision as Giorgetti Skips Capri Forum