Economy

The Federal Reserve lowered its federal funds rate target range by 25 basis points, to 4.00–4.25 percent, on Wednesday. Before the decision, it had held rates steady since December 2024. The move came as no…

The Institute for Justice has filed a new lawsuit in Clayton County, Georgia over a controversial decision by the county’s Board of Commissioners to deny permission for a hair salon in Jonesboro to open.  Plaintiff…

California is home to numerous profitable industries, but many of the state’s residents struggle to survive under the weight of big government. Case in point: excessive regulations have suffocated the state’s housing market and led…

Introduction People in financial markets and in the media regularly track Federal Reserve announcements and forecast what the Fed’s interest rate target will be in the future. But when people speak of the Federal Reserve…

Executive Summary In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act greatly expanded government intervention in the economy. Among many hasty creations of March 2020 were the Federal Reserve…

This paper investigates the effect of affordable housing obligations in New Jersey on cost of living, cost of housing, and actual housing production. New Jersey’s Mount Laurel court cases established a doctrine whereby municipalities must…

Strategic Trade Liberalization and the United States’ Future in the Asia-Pacific Region Executive Summary Since the nineteenth century, the United States has been a significant economic and political presence in the Asia–Pacific region. That has…

Introduction Medicaid, Title XIX of the Social Security Act, is a joint federal-state program that finances health care to the poor.[1] When it was first signed into law, Medicaid eligibility was limited to low-income children,…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): Rising offender monitoring volumes signal a maturing but still underpenetrated public-safety IoT segment. Scale growth will force vendors to optimize device power budgets, connectivity costs and cloud analytics for high-availability, evidential-grade data.…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): The trends outlined signal that AIoT is maturing from infrastructure deployment to outcome-focused, domain-specific systems. Scenario-driven solutions and edge-native analytics indicate buyers will prioritize tightly integrated stacks over generic IoT platforms, reshaping…