I’ve written quite a bit in the past about the use and abuse of economic indicators in forecasting presidential elections. In general, my view has been that there’s a lot of “physics envy” in thinking ...

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The most significant change to our presidential forecast model this year is that it contains an economic index, which is used to guide forecasts along with the polls. In fact, as you may have seen ...

In a new analysis, three economists at Moody’s Analytics took a deep dive on the coming election season. Their conclusion: President Joe Biden has a slight advantage at the moment both on the economy ...

Just over 9,900 wildfires burned about 4.3 million acres in 2020. That's more than twice the previous record of acres burned in California. Yet it is about average compared to burn rates likely ...

A broad analysis of community data from across the United States reveals that local economic conditions are strongly linked ...

What factors help us understand trends in waste generation and disposal? Old standard metrics of raw tonnage and per-capita rates of disposal and recycling have been useful but only scratch the ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Robert Kelly is managing director of ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Michael Boyle is an experienced financial ...