Substack Is Laying Off 14% of Its Staff
The newsletter start-up discussed raising funding last year but abandoned the plan after the market for venture investments cooled.
First Amendment Confrontation May Loom in Post-Roe Fight
Without a federal right to abortion, questions about how states can regulate speech about it suddenly become much murkier.
Our Data Is a Curse, With or Without Roe
There is so much digital information about us out there that we can’t possibly control it all.
Consumer spending was weaker than reported, a bad sign for the economy.
Revised first-quarter figures show spending rose only 0.5 percent, a slowdown from the 0.6 percent growth recorded in the final quarter of 2021.
Payment Data Could Become Evidence of Abortion, Now Illegal in Some States
Financial companies collect a lot of payment data from customers. Prosecutors could subpoena those records for evidence of abortion, legal experts say.
Consumer Spending Weaker Than Reported, a Bad Sign for the Economy
Revised first-quarter figures show spending rose only 0.5 percent, a slowdown from the 0.6 percent growth recorded in the final quarter of 2021.
Inflation Has Changed the Economic Landscape, Christine Lagarde Says.
The head of the European Central Bank said: “I don’t think we are going back” to an era that kept prices low for two decades.
Inflation has changed the economic landscape, Christine Lagarde says.
The head of the European Central Bank said: “I don’t think we are going back” to an era that kept prices low for two decades.
Powell Says the Fed Wil Find Price Stability in a New Economy
The Federal Reserve chair spoke at a conference in Sintra, Portugal, alongside other global economic leaders.
The U.S. accused Chinese companies of supporting Russia’s military.
The Commerce Department imposed trade restrictions on five businesses that it says violated sanctions.