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Economy

Vox’s coverage of the economy. Analysis of inflation, the housing market, economic booms, recessions, and everything in between.

The banking crisis might not be over

The doomers are wrong about humanity’s future — and its past

Stop requiring college degrees for jobs that don’t need them

Prices at the supermarket keep rising. So do corporate profits.

Did the Fed break Silicon Valley Bank?

What the hell is a “woke bank”?

Is this a bailout?

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The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, explained

Biden’s plan to tax the rich, explained

You can now buy a fraction of a house. Should you?

How the US can stick the landing, beat inflation, and avoid a recession

Consumers are reaching a breaking point

How crypto failed Black investors

Oil company profits are at a record high. It won’t last.

Is the economy kind of good now?

7 takeaways from Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address

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Biden’s State of the Union 2023: Full coverage and highlights

Republicans struggle to get their act together for a debt limit deal

The labor strikes in Britain are years in the making

FairTax, the GOP plan for a 30 percent national sales tax, explained

Fears of a white-collar recession are overblown

Inflation is cooling. Why are egg prices still so hard to crack?

Your credit card rewards might not be worth it

Job interviews are a nightmare — and only getting worse

Travel is almost back to pre-Covid levels. So are carbon dioxide emissions.

The ultrarich are getting cozy in America’s tax havens at everyone else’s expense

3 different paths the economy could take in 2023

Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022

The money party is over

A practical guide to getting laid off

We forgot to fix unemployment insurance yet again

The economy just doesn’t make sense anymore

Here’s what employers are cutting instead of your job

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The guy who got the midterms right explains what the media got wrong

How economists know whether inflation is getting better

Basically everything on Amazon has become an ad

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The state of the economy on Election Day, explained in 6 numbers

What Congress could actually do about inflation

The messy true story of the last time we beat inflation

How to start saving and investing money — even amid economic uncertainty