U.S. & World Economies

The health of the United States and world economies affects everything from jobs to interest rates to food prices. Learn what big economic indicators mean and how they impact your everyday finances.

U.S. & World Economies
What Is a K-shaped recovery? Happens when different groups experience different rates of recovery after a recession. Caused by recession and disparities that existed before economic shock. There are a variety of shapes a recovery can take. The 2020 recession is a good example: At first, research suggested that the recovery was V-shaped, but as time went on, the recovery took more of a K-shape
What Is a K-Shaped Recovery?
How the Rate Banks Charge Each Other Warns of Crisis
Map of the World in coins
Will the Amero Replace the Dollar?

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