#Economic Trends

Articles (19)

• 🇺🇸 Blue Collar Work Has Plateaued, Narrowing Options for Young Workers — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Skilled electricians, plumbers and factory workers are in demand, but job openings have dropped.

  Related: #Labor Market, #Workforce Development
• 🇺🇸 Dubai property sector shows early signs of weakness — 21/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Real Estate
• 🇺🇸 January new home sales plunge to the lowest pace since 2022 — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  New home sales fell to the lowest level in four years, despite lower interest rates and builder incentives.

  Related: #Housing Market
• 🇬🇧 UK pay growth sinks to five-year low as younger workers hit by hiring slowdown — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Unemployment holds steady, but Bank of England is unlikely to be convinced by ONS data to cut interest rates </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/mar/19/bank-of-e...

  Related: #Labor Market
• 🇺🇸 Gas prices highest since 2023: AAA — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Regular gas prices are at their highest since 2023 amid the U.S. and Israeli conflict against Iran, according to AAA, The Associated Press reported. On Wednesday, according to AAA, the average price o...

  Related: #Fuel Costs
• 🇬🇧 Average age of first time buyer climbs to 34 — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A new report looks at how conditions have changed for first time buyers since the 1990s.

  Related: #Housing Market
• 🇺🇸 Jet fuel prices and airfares are rising. Travelers are still booking flights, US airlines say — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in the Middle East are adding hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses for some major U.S. airlines

  Related: #Travel Industry
• 🇺🇸 Canadian home sales slip 1.3% in February amid ongoing price decline — 17/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Real Estate
• 🇺🇸 Canadian home sales fell 1.3% in February, CREA says — 17/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Real Estate
• 🇺🇸 Poverty in New York City Inched Higher in 2024 for Third Year in a Row — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  The cost of basics like housing and food rose, while incomes and other resources, like public benefits, did not keep up.

  Related: #Urban Poverty
• 🇺🇸 UK house prices edge up in March, but remain below last year’s levels — 16/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Housing Market
• 🇺🇸 China’s new home prices extend decline in February — 16/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Real Estate
• 🇺🇸 Global Economic Trends and Impact on Gold Prices in 2026 — 12/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Gold Market
• 🇺🇸 Gas climbs 43 cents since last week: These states had bigger jumps, data shows — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Since March 1, the national average is up more than 50 cents a gallon.

  Related: #Energy Prices
• 🇺🇸 U.S. homes sales rose in February as homebuyers seized on easing mortgage rates — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes picked up in February from the previous month as home shoppers took advantage of easing mortgage rates and a modest increase in properties on the market heading...

  Related: #Real Estate
• 🇺🇸 Back to the 1970s? Investors brace for a return of stagflation — 09/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Investment Strategy
• 🇺🇸 South England sees slowest fall in permanent placements in nearly two-and-a-half years — 09/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Labor Market
• 🇺🇸 Life after the Great Resignation: Incentives are dimming for workers to change jobs — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  The disparity between average annual pay increases for those staying in their jobs against those leaving has all but collapsed.

  Related: #Labor Market Dynamics, #Workplace Mobility
• 🇺🇸 How AI is changing the office — 25/09/2025 [USA]

  Did you listen to the new Dwarkesh?

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Workplace Automation, #Labor Market