Economy

Key Insights (AI-assisted): Crossing 100 million managed cellular IoT connections underscores accelerating consolidation around a few hyperscale connectivity platforms. Aeris’ above-market growth suggests that IoT buyers are prioritizing global reach, unified core networks, and cloud-native…

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected to leave its interest rate target unchanged at 3.5 to 3.75 percent at this week’s January meeting. After a series of rate cuts in the second half…

Late last year, YouTube announced plans to reinstate accounts that had been banned at the behest of the Biden Administration for posting alleged COVID-19 misinformation. The announcement likely came as a relief to groups like…

David Beito argues that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a self-serving politician who cared very little for the civil liberties of Americans. In FDR: A New Political Life, Beito challenges historians who explain away Roosevelt’s horrid…

From Predictive Maintenance to Root Cause Intelligence For the last five years, the industrial sector has been obsessed with “listening” to machines. We have plastered billions of dollars worth of vibration sensors and thermal cameras…

Key Insights (AI-assisted): By folding Actility into Netmore, LoRaWAN shifts from a fragmented, country-level proposition toward a more integrated global infrastructure layer. Consolidation at this scale will likely pressure smaller LPWAN players and accelerate standardization…

Many of the worst policies have bipartisan support.   On January 9, President Trump announced on Truth Social that he was “calling for a one year cap on credit card interest rates of 10 percent” starting…

As of December 31, 2025, data for 11 of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly have not yet been published. The timing of their release remains uncertain. Recent inflation data present a cautiously…

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…