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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

By Nicole Narea March 20

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

By Bryan Walsh March 20

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

By Rachel M. Cohen March 19

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

By Whizy Kim March 17

Did the Fed break Silicon Valley Bank?

By Emily Stewart March 14

What the hell is a “woke bank”?

By Whizy Kim March 14

Is this a bailout?

By Emily Stewart March 13

9 Updates

The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, explained

By Vox Staff March 13

Biden’s plan to tax the rich, explained

By Whizy Kim March 10

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

By Whizy Kim March 3

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

By Mike Konczal February 28

Consumers are reaching a breaking point

By Emily Stewart February 27

How crypto failed Black investors

By Emily Stewart February 16

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

By Rebecca Leber February 8

Is the economy kind of good now?

By Emily Stewart February 8

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

By Nicole Narea, Christian Paz, and 4 more February 7

6 Updates

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

By Vox Staff February 7

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

By Ellen Ioanes February 5

The labor strikes in Britain are years in the making

By Ellen Ioanes February 4

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

By Dylan Matthews January 26

Fears of a white-collar recession are overblown

By Emily Stewart January 19

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

By Emily Stewart January 17

Your credit card rewards might not be worth it

By Emily Stewart January 17

Job interviews are a nightmare — and only getting worse

By Emily Stewart January 12

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

By Umair Irfan January 10

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

By Whizy Kim January 4

3 different paths the economy could take in 2023

By Madeleine Ngo January 1

Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022

By Sara Morrison December 27, 2022

The money party is over

By Emily Stewart December 26, 2022

A practical guide to getting laid off

By Allie Volpe December 14, 2022

We forgot to fix unemployment insurance yet again

By Emily Stewart December 6, 2022

The economy just doesn’t make sense anymore

By Emily Stewart December 2, 2022

Here’s what employers are cutting instead of your job

By Rani Molla November 30, 2022

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

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

By Nicole Narea November 27, 2022

How economists know whether inflation is getting better

By Madeleine Ngo November 10, 2022

Basically everything on Amazon has become an ad

By Jason Del Rey November 10, 2022

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

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

By Madeleine Ngo November 6, 2022

What Congress could actually do about inflation

By Madeleine Ngo November 3, 2022

The messy true story of the last time we beat inflation

By Alex Yablon November 2, 2022

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

By Tatiana Walk-Morris November 1, 2022