Restaurants and retailers nationwide continue to either shut down or downsize. Max Gillman, Hayek Professor of Economic History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said inflation is one of the main culprits. “The episode that we had from 2021 to 2023, we had 9%...
Since the economy was a key talking point in the presidential election, when can we expect Republican Donald Trump to save us money on everyday essentials? University of Missouri assistant political science professor Charles Zug said the Federal Reserve has more power...
The economy is causing the costs of everyday goods to rise, including essentials like diapers. Anthony Morabith chats with Heather Wall at Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri, who explains that there is a critical need for diapers due to a lack of...
As gas prices slightly decline, one store in eastern Missouri’s Pacific will really see them plummet, for a few hours at least. The conservative group Americans for Prosperity is hosting a gas price rollback on Friday at a gas station, in which the price of...
As the United States moves farther and farther away from the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of living remains higher. As a result of that and ongoing inflation, the Federal Reserve chose to keep interest rates at their currently higher levels, which are between 5.25 and...
