China Increases Worker Retirement Ages
China’s legislature recently approved a policy that raises the retirement age for workers. The new policy raises the retirement age of men from 60 to […]
Economics
Longshoreman’s Strike Deal Prevents a Major Economic Ripple Effect
Nearly 50,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) reached an agreement to end their strike on Friday, October 4, 2024. These union members are […]
Japan’s New Currency
For the first time in 20 years, Japan has new banknotes (paper currency). On July 3, 2024, the Bank of Japan introduced new 10,000-yen, 5,000-yen, […]
National Financial Literacy Month
Since 2003, Congress has designated the month of April as National Financial Literacy Month. This month was chosen to help young people learn how to […]
Caitlin Clark Smashes the Records on Court and with the Crowd
Caitlin Clark, a senior with the University of Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team, has broken numerous records throughout her four-year career at the school. Not […]
Revitalizing Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District
Greenwood is a neighborhood in north Tulsa, Oklahoma. In the early twentieth century, it was referred to as the “Black Wall Street” of America because […]
Layoffs in the Tech Industry
In 2023, more than 260,000 jobs in the United States were lost in the technology industry. During the first four weeks of 2024, nearly 100 […]
United Auto Workers Tentatively End Strike
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union went back to work on October 30, 2023. Since September 15, they had been on a […]
United Auto Workers’ Strike Intensifies
On Friday, September 15, 2023, thousands of autoworkers went on strike. The work stoppage included nearly 13,000 workers at three auto plants in the Midwest. […]
Colombian American Makes U.S. History
For the first time in its 109-year history, the Federal Reserve now has a Latina on its governing board. The U.S. Senate confirmed Colombian American […]