One plausible explanation of the tendency for stocks and oil prices to move together is that both are reacting to a common factor, namely, a softening of global aggregate demand, which hurts both ...

A new working paper written by two researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's Economic Research Department argues that tariffs can lead to lower inflation, albeit with the consequence ...

Increases in credit and debit card spending is fueling aggregate demand and helps explain why the current bout of inflation has not been transitory and will run hot for some time. Exiting 2021, total ...