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Retailers’ inventory-to-sales ratio hits record lows amid acute shortages

Food for Thought: US government employment

The US is nearing herd immunity, but new variants pose a risk

Food for Thought: Most valuable apparel brands

US consumers less inclined to purchase a vehicle as prices jump

Food for Thought: US net job losses since February 2020

Markets look through the CPI surprise

Food for Thought: US population growth

The market is buying the Fed’s “transient” inflation narrative

Food for Thought: Who is not online?

Resignations hit a record high as competition for workers heats up

Food for Thought: Business investment over time

Fund flows into inflation-friendly assets hit a record high

Food for Thought: Tax revenues as a share of GDP

US prime-age population has been flat since 2007

Food for Thought: US car models worst hit by chip shortages

Service-sector inventories dwindling

Food for Thought: What bothers Americans about the federal tax system?

Home price appreciation is peaking

Food for Thought: Declining hunger rate in the US

The Citi Inflation Surprise Index hit a record high in May

Food for Thought: New York City mayoral election odds in the betting markets

US business investment strengthens further

Food for Thought Special Edition

Food for Thought: US agricultural workers

The jobs are already here. The workers are not.

Food for Thought: College grads in low-wage jobs

Low-income employment recovery has a long way to go

Food for Thought: Top individual state income tax rates

Beijing has lost patience with rising commodity prices

Food for Thought: US department store foot traffic

Factories haven’t been this backed up in decades

Food for Thought: Americans’ views on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Many states are ending emergency unemployment benefits next month

Food for Thought: Eviction rates

Labor force participation among older Americans has failed to recover

Food for Thought: US federal taxes as a percentage of spending

The real fed funds rate is deep in negative territory

Food for Thought: Google search activity for “worker shortage”

Inflation concerns spreading across the economy

Food for Thought: Rockets launched into Israel

Looking for truck drivers

Food for Thought: Chicken prices

US inflation breadth increased sharply last month

Food for Thought: The role of governments in basic research

Worker shortages becoming more acute

Food for Thought: What’s easy and difficult with remote work?

Small caps have given up their year-to-date outperformance

Food for Thought: US car dealers’ inventories-to-sales ratio

Risk assets surge in response to a weak US employment report

Food for Thought: Union membership around the world

The gap between new and existing home prices has narrowed

Food for Thought: Changes in US labor-force participation

Morgan Stanley sees 1.25 million new jobs created in April

Food for Thought: US population pyramid projections

Boomer retirements jumped last year

Food for Thought: US drug overdose deaths

Trends in US business investment

Food for Thought: Jamaica’s tourism arrivals

Wages in low-skill occupations are rebounding

Food for Thought: The world’s most valuable companies

US companies enjoy more pricing power than global peers

Food for Thought: US private sector bank deposits

Automobile inventories continue to shrink

Food for Thought: OECD total tax revenue

Communications show less agreement among Fed officials

Food for Thought: Used vehicle prices in the US

Over 26% of US bank credit is to the federal government and GSEs

Food for Thought: US daily vaccinations

Online search activity for ‘housing market crash’ surges

Food for Thought: Healthcare workers burning out

Homeowners have been taking more cash out of their properties

Food for Thought: Airline fares by departure day

The Bank of Canada begins tapering QE

Food for Thought: Importance of employees’ relationship with management

Mortgage applications for second homes rising rapidly

Food for Thought: Countries with the most women in national parliaments

US miles driven are back to pre-pandemic levels

Food for Thought: Support for workers’ rights to collectively bargain

The US faces a severe shortage of drivers

Food for Thought: US households dipping into their toilet paper stockpile

Lower Treasury yields set the tone for global markets

Food for Thought: US child tax credit proposal

Business applications are surging

Food for Thought: Most popular cars in the US

Green light for risk assets from the CPI report

Food for Thought: Fiber broadband subscriptions

The Fed’s taper discussion to begin this summer

Food for Thought: Women in the workforce

Retailers ramping up

Food for Thought: What would it take to join the 1%?

US population growth hit a record low

Food for Thought: US electric disturbances

Used car dealers ecstatic as vehicle supplies dwindle

Food for Thought: US box office revenue surged over the holiday weekend

Is the US about to face wage inflation?

Food for Thought: Fading vaccine skepticism

US COVID deaths lowest since the start of the pandemic

Food for Thought: Job postings offering a four-day workweek

Even odds of two rate hikes next year