Brooklyn Brewery was sold to Kirin, Japan’s second-biggest brewer, in 2016.
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The likes of AB InBev and MillerCoors have been trying to jump on the craft beer bandwagon by snapping up artisanal breweries. Do consumers care?
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference.
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The Fed abruptly ended two years of aggressive interest rate hikes, signaling the longest economic expansion on record may be coming to a close.
A hallowed chamber for an important address.
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As Trump prepares to deliver his delayed State of the Union address, here’s what four economists had to say about the state of the union.
Wall Street traders aren’t the only ones who rely on government economic data.
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The government collects reams of economic data that are vital to the functioning of companies, policymakers and even families.
Federal employees rally to call for an end to the partial government shutdown.
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The government has been partially closed since Dec. 22, making it the second-longest shutdown on record. A finance professor who studied the 2013 shutdown explains the economic impact.
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is seen in this September 2018 photo. Higgs won a minority government, and must confront both language tensions and economic hardship in his province.
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New Brunswick’s language politics have vaulted ahead of its teetering economic crisis to potentially become the central political issue in 2019.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the Deutscher Arbeitgebertag congress, organised by the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) and gathering German employers in Berlin on November 22, 2018.
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The labour market inequalities and economic insecurity are stoking discontent from the Rhine to the Seine.
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With a federal election looming, we can expect a lot of tried and true tactics from our politicians as they desperately try to win our votes.
The euro just turned 20.
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While the euro’s survival for two decades is evidence of its success, it was born with fundamental problems that have weakened it, leading to near-constant crisis.
Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car.
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Stock markets have plunged in recent months on concerns over Trump’s trade war and the possibility of a recession. An economist explains how stocks are like used cars – and lemons.
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as of Dec. 19.
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The Federal Reserve opted to lift interest rates in a snub to stock investors who have been bleeding red for more than two months.
Mo’ money, mo’ problems.
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When poorer countries print more money, it doesn’t make them richer – it just means people need more money to buy the same things.
Demonstrators march down Paris’ Champs-Elysees Dec. 8.
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A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
Economists and Wall Street workers fear a recession is underway.
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Financial markets are increasingly worried the US economy is heading for a crash. An economist explains what’s got investors spooked.
Trump had a full hand, but he may have squandered it.
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Boasting the world’s biggest and strongest economy, the U.S. has enormous leverage when it sits down with a partner to negotiate a trade deal. Threats and tariffs are not really helping.
Feeling forgotten: Iowa’s rural communities.
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In Iowa, almost 40 percent of residents can’t afford the basic cost of living. That was the setting for the 2018 midterm elections, where rural voters are suffering along with their communities.
Democrat Nancy Pelosi spoke in D.C. the night of the midterm elections.
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As House Democrats prepare their agenda for the next two years, dealing with America’s massive fiscal gap should be at the top of their list.
House Democrats will finally have a say in economic policy.
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While a divided Congress will likely mean gridlock, there are two economic policies likely to see significant change: trade and infrastructure.
Balancing act.
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Morals and the markets can mix after all.
The Sears catalog made it easier for anyone to live the American dream.
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Sears and other department stores not only changed how Americans consumed but altered the very nature of society and culture as well.