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Boston, we have a property tax problem

Fiscal progressives should forget the fanciful notion that the city’s many strengths ensure it will remain competitive despite falling commercial property values.

Moms get interrupted a lot more than dads. And the price is steep.
A Tufts economist measures the impact on women’s careers of being the default parent for so many child needs, from doctor appointments to day care pickups.

Americans are ticked off about the economy. Here’s why.
The inflation outbreak in 2021 and 2022 exploded a long-simmering crisis caused by soaring costs for housing, health care, child care, and student debt.

Boston’s mojo ain’t working. Can Mayor Wu and business leaders get it back?

Indicators like employment and tourism have recovered from the pandemic, but the city isn’t firing on all cylinders.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
It’s time for the Fed to lower interest rates
Cheaper borrowing costs could spur construction of new homes and apartments, and that much-needed increase in supply would put downward pressure on home prices and rents.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Let’s just shut up about the ‘millionaires tax’ for a while
It will take a couple of years, at least, to know whether the state’s new 4 percent tax on high earners has been a blessing or a bane. Until then, everyone is spinning opinions, not facts.

Federal Reserve minutes: Policymakers saw a longer path to rate cuts
Minutes of the May 1 meeting, released Wednesday, showed that officials also debated whether their benchmark rate was exerting enough of a drag on the economy to further slow inflation.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Boston takes a shot at another round of liquor licenses
The Massachusetts House is expected to move on a bill this week to create the biggest batch of new licenses since the end of Prohibition.

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Meet Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton, which now owns Putnam Investments

With the economy and markets in flux, Johnson is wary of inflation but bullish on Bitcoin and Putnam's future in Boston.

Larry Edelman

Massachusetts employers cut jobs for a second straight month in April

The state shed 500 jobs last month, following a drop of 4,100 jobs in March. It was the first back-to-back employment loss since the start of the pandemic.

A familiar face is among the two finalists for Massport CEO job

Former Mass. Transportation Secretary Rich Davey and Miami transportation chief Eulois Cleckey are in the running to run the agency.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The stock market is hot again

Investors pushed the market to a new peak on optimism that inflation will cool enough to allow the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.

‘It looks really optimistic’: Boston tourist attractions anticipate strong 2024 summer season

Meet Boston, the city’s visitors bureau, anticipates nearly 2.6 million international visitors in 2024, right behind the prepandemic visitor level of close to 2.7 million people.

US inflation eased last month in the first slowdown of 2024

The decline likely offers a tentative sigh of relief for officials at the Federal Reserve as well as President Joe Biden’s re-election team.

Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

Measured year over year, producer prices rose by 2.2 percent in April, up from 1.8 percent in March and the biggest increase in a year.

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‘Demographics are going to catch up with us’: Mass. economy needs more workers to keep growing

The state’s GDP increased by an annualized 1.8 percent in the first three months of the year despite higher inflation.