The US economy grew 3.1% last year, trouncing widespread calls for a recession and exceeding my relatively sober expectation for 2% growth. The correct way to view the interplay between growth and ...

The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose. Last year's odd outcomes raise a host of questions for ...

The COVID-19 outbreak unleashed an economic catastrophe. The stock market is betting that it will be brutal but short-lived, thanks to massive infusions of monetary and fiscal help. These charts show ...

Below is the most important graph in economic policy right now. Courtesy of the Economic Policy Institute, it's the portion of newly hired people each month who weren't even looking for work the month ...

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Alex Tabarrok has put together his own version of an austerity vs. economic growth chart, using Paul Krugman’s preferred austerity measure, total government expenditure divided by potential GDP (see ...

As the 2016 election cycle heats up, the key question at stake for most Americans is economic growth and jobs. The debate, then, will center around what to do with the fragile recovery that ...

A lot happened in 2025. Luckily, charts can help make sense of it all. Here are some of HBR’s most popular, topical, and important charts of the year. They cover a wobbly economy, an explosion of ...