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Applications for H-1B work visas fell 16 percent in 2018 from 2017. Does that mean the U.S. could lose its edge in attracting global talent?

Our pals Josh Barro of New York Magazine and Jennifer Doleac from Texas A&M tell us what they're keeping an eye on in 2019.

What are the best indicators for 2019? Some of our best friends tell us what they'll be watching.

President Trump has called for a wall to be built on the U.S.-Mexico border, but what about the wall that the U.S. already has? A recent study shows the economic impact of the existing wall.

Depression severity, Australia's housing market and the minimum wage. You asked: here are some answers.

We commemorate some of the darkest and funniest business and economic blackspots of the year.

President Donald Trump has made building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico one of his signature issues. Today, the Indicator looks at the economics of a border wall.

The U.S. currently has more economic sanctions in place than at any other time in history. That begs the question: Do sanctions actually work?

The U.S. economy looks in fine shape — for now — but even a lot of Americans with jobs still struggle financially. Here are three Indicators to monitor economic insecurity in the U.S.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to exit the European Union has hit a wall. What happens now?

In honor of jobs day, we look at the jobs that used to be high-paying, that are now low-paying. What happened to these jobs? And what can it tell us about the U.S. economy?

For years after the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve kept short term interest rates near zero percent. It began raising rates in 2015 — but did it jump the gun.

What the yellow vest protests in Paris tell us about economic reform in France and the parallels with politics in the U.S.

When the yield curve inverts, people worry that it's a sign we're headed for recession. But its predictive reliability also depends on the way it inverts.

China and the U.S. have been locked in a trade war for most of 2018, but peace may be on the horizon.... at least a partial peace.

NASA has been taking a more hands-off approach to extra-planetary exploration. What will that mean for the economics of space?

From moon missions and space shuttles to public-private partnerships.

Do recessions have to happen? Is it possible for a country to just not have economic downturns? Australia has gone nearly 30 years without a recession. So what can we learn from it?

Sanctions have become an increasingly common foreign policy tool for the U.S. How effective are they?

Colleges and universities are finding creative ways to make money.