Economics

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has unveiled a startling figure that shows Americans are holding a colossal $7.7 trillion in uninsured deposits within their bank accounts. The agency’s data, captured at the end of March, shows the amount of unprotected deposits in US banks has been increasing for the first time since the last […]

Economic data shows that a growing shar of Americans’ income tax is being devoured by the interest payments from the country’s ballooning national debt, which according to online trackers is now close to the $35 trillion mark. As Heritage economist E.J. Antoni pointed out on the microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter), interest payments […]

The U.S. federal government’s deficit has ballooned to $1.27 trillion in the fiscal year ending in June, driven largely by surging interest payments on the nation’s mounting debt, the Treasury Department recently revealed. Despite record-high receipts of $466 billion in June, the government still ran a deficit of $66 billion for the month, as Bloomberg […]

The term ‘Swiftonomics,’ a blend of Taylor Swift’s name and economics, has emerged as a powerful descriptor of the economic impact generated by the global superstar’s tours, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. This phenomenon, first identified by economic analyst Augusta Saraiva, highlights a post-COVID demand shock, with Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour serving as a […]