Worldwide: Economic Analysis

Organizations are reexamining the strategic role of project management offices as they invest in transformation initiatives, while cybersecurity threats evolve through AI-driven attacks exploiting trusted platforms.

Explore how cybercriminals are weaponizing trusted platforms like Google Ads and legitimate brand names to deliver sophisticated malware campaigns that bypass traditional security controls. Discover the emerging threat landscape...

In the recently concluded 2026 Regular Session of Kentucky’s General Assembly, there was significant activity concerning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, all with potential serious economic impact.

Procurement leaders face mounting pressure to deliver 2-5% annual cost reductions while navigating tariffs, geopolitical shifts, and talent shortages. Agentic AI is emerging as a structural solution to these constraints, with early adopters already seeing EBITDA impacts of 4.7 percentage points compared to 3.6 for less mature peers. The critical question is whether organizations will successfully pair AI agents with human judgment to capture value, or fall behind competitors who are already compounding gain

U.S. consumers continue to spend, but resilience is increasingly strained. Real wage gains and essential-driven demand are sustaining near-term activity, even as sentiment weakens and household balance sheets...

Many residents of the Washington, D.C., area have spent some time in their careers as congressional employees, staff to a member of Congress (House or Senate)...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a workshop on "Consumer Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy" on February 26, featuring economists and other experts who examined how the FTC can better evaluate...

The U.S. economy is navigating a fragile period as gross domestic product (GDP) growth cooled to 1.4% in late 2025 and consumer sentiment remains stagnant, hindered by a sharp...

Japan's exit from ultra-low interest rates is turning the yen from a cheap, stable funding tool into a global "risk switch"—a variable whose abrupt movement can quickly change investor positioning, funding costs, and policy responses across markets.