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Ready or Not the Holiday Spending Season is Here

For years consumers, economists and commentators tracked the increasingly early beginnings of the holiday shopping season. The day after Thanksgiving – Black Friday – is seen as the traditional start to the holiday spending season, joined in recent years by Cyber Monday for online shoppers. But the long lines of shoppers waiting in the early […]Read More

Rising Expectations for September Rate Cut

The Spare Change Podcast While pop culture enthusiasts scour social media to find the “song of the summer,” on the economic and financial front there is one clear winner. Click Here For More EVOLVE News Content Listen to more of the Spare Change PodcastRead More

Consumers Should Study Up for Political Football Season

The National Football League kicks off its regular season the first week of September, but political football season is already here. And while there are a variety of issues voters, politicians and pundits are focusing on, the granddaddy of them all remains the economy. The conventional wisdom says people vote with their wallets and that […]Read More

Does Artificial Intelligence Need a Warning Label?

The Spare Change Podcast If the recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce on new guidance on the executive order on AI is any indication, artificial intelligence needs a warning label of its own. Click Here For More EVOLVE News Content Listen to more of the Spare Change PodcastRead More

Worst-Case Scenario Economics and the Federal Reserve

After a tumultuous start to the month on Wall Street, it appears August came in like a bear. Whether it goes out like a bull is unclear. With the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee holding steady once again on interest rates at its July meeting, pundits and prognosticators are looking to the two-day […]Read More

Is the Global Economy Really Ready for AI?

In the science fiction version for the future of artificial intelligence, humanity is destroyed by our robot overlords as the only way to save people. But the actual fact of AI isn’t all hearts and flowers, either. According to a study from the International Monetary Fund, the widespread use of artificial intelligence could wipe out […]Read More

Logistics, the Supply Chain and Bears, Oh My

The Spare Change Podcast You don’t hear much about the supply chain these days. Lingering inflation, interest rates and the economics of electoral politics have pushed the supply chain out of the spotlight. Click Here For More EVOLVE News Content Listen to more of the Spare Change PodcastRead More

The Never-ending Story of the Economy

We’re at the halfway point in the calendar year and financial punditry is in evaluation and prognostication mode. Assessing the economic results of the past six months is irresistible to those looking to fill column inches or airtime and there will always be an audience for hot takes about where the economy is heading. The […]Read More