The Fed is updating projections on interest rates and the economy today.

The Fed is updating projections on interest rates and the economy today.

Daily Business Briefing June 16, 2021Updated  June 16, 2021, 1:34 p.m. ET June 16, 2021, 1:34 p.m. ET The Federal Reserve is about to release its first set of economic projections since March, after months of data surprises have shown the labor market healing more slowly and inflation moving up more quickly than many officials … Read more

Bill Gates shares 3 steps to a clean energy economy in message to Leaders Summit on Climate

Bill Gates shares 3 steps to a clean energy economy in message to Leaders Summit on Climate

Bill Gates during his message to the Leaders Summit on Climate on Friday. (YouTube screenshot) Bill Gates participated on the second day of President Joe Biden’s virtual “Leaders Summit on Climate” on Friday with a message to the world leaders on the steps necessary to avoid a climate catastrophe. Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the … Read more

Book Excerpt: Why trust, not data, has become the most important asset in the modern economy

Book Excerpt: Why trust, not data, has become the most important asset in the modern economy

[Editor’s Note: Stein Broeder, a marketing executive at Microsoft, explores the components and value of trust in the new book, “The Business of Trust: How Experiences Build Trust and Drive Business Impact” Excerpt published with permission.] “Do you trust me?” This was a question a surgeon asked me once before an operation. I thought that was a fun question. … Read more