The Daily Economy

The improving economy – and the distance it still has yet to go – came into focus this week, as for the first time since January 2001, we learned there were more than 5 million job openings in this country in December.

Students at Monument Mountain Regional High School are exploring a very interesting and creative twist on traditional economic indexing. The Everyday Price Index, calculated each month by the American Institute for Economic Research, reflects price changes felt by Americans on a day-to-day basis, measuring the prices of those items that they buy frequently, such as…

Despite an uptick in the unemployment rate, this morning’s jobs report showed reassuring strength, as a million people entered the workforce in January alone. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics comes after a number reports have suggested weakness in some parts of the economy in recent weeks.

With the price of oil down by more than 50 percent since June 2014, we would expect that the overall price of goods and services would fall, too. But, when we turn to the data, we find some surprises.

Recent reports are suggesting the economy, which had been robust in recent months, has softened a bit recently.

There is a wealth of important news going unreported just beneath the surface of the income inequality debate, a reporter for the public radio program “Marketplace” wrote in his newly award winning essay.

Egg prices were up 7.7 percent in December, and 10.7 percent over the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Two key causes for the jump in prices are the spread of avian flu in Mexico and new regulations for egg producers in California.

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The economy has been sending mixed messages this week.

As we mentioned last week, The New York Times today highlighted that lower energy prices aren’t necessarily providing American households with as much relief as they would like. In today’s story in The Upshot, David Leonhardt reminds Americans that, at an average price of $2.03 per gallon, they have seen gasoline for far less money. From…