If we tallied up the most common words we’ve used on this show over the last handful of years, “uncertainty” would rank high on the list. We’ve used it to describe what’s happening in the housing ...

Expect uncertainty over U.S. economic policy to remain high as long as policy gyrations continue, says economist Steven Davis It had become something of a cliché to say that investors hate uncertainty ...

The recent surge in government bond yields has forced business leaders and investors around the world to confront a critical question: Should corporations lock in debt at current interest rates before ...

Critics of President Trump’s trade war, mass deportations, and other contested policies have repeatedly warned the measures risked provoking renewed inflation, economic contraction, and mass job ...

In April, existing home sales saw a modest 0.2% increase despite rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty due to the ...

The U.S. economy is navigating economic uncertainty in 2025, characterized by evolving trade policies, supply chain disruptions, and cautious consumer spending. Recent tariff implementations have ...

If you’ve listened to public radio, tuned in to television news or scrolled through news feeds at any point in the last few years, you may have noted one commonplace term: “uncertainty.” Brancaccio: I ...

Pandemic disruptions, trade wars, and geopolitical turmoil have driven global economic uncertainty to unprecedented highs. The IMF measures country-level uncertainty by tracking uncertainty-related ...

The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April, vastly outperforming economists’ expectations. The unemployment rate remained ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Business leaders, however, cannot throw their hands in the air and shout “I don’t know what to do.” They must make decisions, even ...

Let’s get this out of the way: We constantly live in uncertain times. Periods of tranquility are actually an aberration, if not an illusion. The relationship between marketing budgets and economic ...

It had become something of a cliché to say that investors hate uncertainty — at least until the confusion surrounding President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff plans left them grasping for a ...