Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nikki Baird is a top global retail innovation and technology advisor. There was a lot of good news in retail economic indicators ...

The state’s GO Virginia economic development initiative is likely improving regional collaboration and having positive economic impacts, but those can’t be reliably determined, according to a Joint ...

The S&P 500 (SPX) has risen by 3.3% during the past month, fueled by encouraging inflation, retail sales, and jobs data.

Data on Friday signaled unexpected positive momentum in the U.K. economy. The outlook for the U.K. has seesawed over the past year, amid economic slowdowns, mounting concern about fiscal spending ...

Shrugging off the election, regional economists told a crowd of Spokane business leaders Wednesday that promises heard in campaigns are slow to get traction. It was part of their message that positive ...

“Inequality is bad for economic growth and bad for poverty reduction. In the past researchers were not able to exactly quantify the effect of inequality in the context of economic shocks. This graph ...

It was a challenging year for Papua New Guinea in 2023. The government estimates that the economy grew by only 2.7 per cent in 2023, down from a projection of 4.0 per cent in the 2023 budget. Buoyed ...

Lots of good economic news out today (and yesterday for the first item below); here’s a summary: 1. World trade volume and world industrial production both increased in April to new record high levels ...