The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a pandemic, not to mention periods of too little inflation and too ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. In the complex world of regulatory cost-benefit analysis, ...

The cost of capital and the discount rate are two related terms that are sometimes confused with each other. But they have important distinctions that make them both useful in deciding whether a new ...