So was born the sharing economy—popularly referred to as the “gig” economy. But this contemporary idea of work that would provide inexpensive, valued services for consumers and good wages, flexibility ...

So what makes the Beige Book stand out in a deluge of hard economic numbers? “A lot of the data that we get on the economy just lags,” said Bill English, a Yale finance professor and a ...

The U.S. economy remains in an expansion but is experiencing notable signs of a slowdown over the past month with recession concerns rising, according to the Federal Reserve’s “beige book ...

The survey, known as the Beige Book, said the economy has softened since the previous report at the end of summer. The latest survey covers the period of Oct. 6 to Nov. 17. Jeffry Bartash is a ...