Economic Growth

Bill LaFayette is an economist and founder of the consulting firm Regionomics.

The public library in Toledo, Ohio, is one of a number across the U.S. that have become entrepreneurial hubs. Business-specialist librarians are helping aspiring small-business owners and nonprofits for free.

We're discussing everything from housing to transportation.

We're discussing everything from housing to transportation.

A new report from the Brookings Institution finds Columbus, listed among the top 54 metropolitan areas, has benefited from national economic growth, but that growth is not helping minorities as much.

Prices for goods and services spiked 5.4 percent in June from the previous year, marking the highest rate of inflation since 2008 and stoking fears of a reboot of 1970s runaway inflation. Today we'll discuss what is inflation and why do we fear it?

Prices for goods and services spiked 5.4 percent in June from the previous year, marking the highest rate of inflation since 2008 and stoking fears of a reboot of 1970s runaway inflation. Today we'll discuss what is inflation and why do we fear it?

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer announced in September it would invest more than $5 billion and create 50,000 jobs paying six-figure salaries…