Emily Peck

Data: The Conference Board and The Business Council; Chart: Axios/Emily PeckCEO confidence in the U.S. economy sank into negative territory earlier this month, finds a survey out Thursday morning f...

Six months with AlterMe’s smart ring and a fitness app helped me build better habits, but the genetic insights were less revealing than I’d hoped.

The Trump administration said Thursday that it was suspending Microsoft from a key program used to sponsor employees for green cards. Later that day, the administration honored the tech giant's CEO...

Data: NYSE/Intercontinental Exchange via the New York State Comptroller; Chart Emily Peck/Axios; Note: 2026 projected by the comptroller if first-half growth continues at current pace. First-half 2...

Oil prices are heading back toward $100 a barrel, and, perhaps more crucially, the price of diesel fuel futures is now sitting at an all-time high. Why it matters: Investors are starting to recogni...

Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsApple CEO Tim Cook hands the reins over to John Ternus Tuesday, stepping down after 15 years of running the company.Why it matters: He ...

The bond market is growing more interesting lately — and that's concerning.Why it matters: The $160 trillion global bond market is like the plumbing in your house. You don't think about it until it...

To paraphrase Justin Timberlake in his iconic turn in the 2010 film "The Social Network," a trillion dollars isn't cool. You know what is? $3 trillion. The big picture: That's roughly how much mone...

Data: Source: S&P Capital IQ Pro, company releases; Note: Nvidia's fiscal year runs ahead of the calendar. The quarter ended July 2026 is its Q2 fiscal 2027.; Chart: Emily Peck/AxiosAI behemoth...

Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller made AI writing seem like no big deal this week, telling NOTUS reporter Jeff Stein "of course" he used it to help draft a widely shared op-ed for the Wall S...

Data: LinkedIn; Table: Danielle Alberti/AxiosWomen made up just over a quarter of new hires in the U.S. for AI roles last year — compared with half of new hires in non-AI occupations, per new Linke...

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED; Chart: Emily Peck/AxiosMemory chip prices are skyrocketing, thanks to AI demand, and there's no end in sight.Why it matters: "Chipflation" is pushing...

"Choke point" is having a moment.Why it matters: The term is an increasingly popular shorthand for the bottlenecks tying up the oil market and the AI buildout — and sometimes the entire economy — a...

A markets mystery has perplexed some analysts this year: Why are stocks sitting near all-time highs while the global economy is rocked by geopolitical conflict and inflation pressures?Why it matter...