Keep the context

Headlines change.
Understand the basics.

Short guides to the ideas behind recurring stories.

What a Federal Reserve rate decision changes

The policy rate influences borrowing conditions. It does not set every loan rate or determine the economy by itself.

A price index tracks a representative basket over time. Its change is not the same as every household’s change in costs.

Payroll jobs and the unemployment rate come from different surveys. They measure different things and can move differently.

A finding needs its methods, scale and uncertainty. One promising study is a piece of evidence, not the entire answer.

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