Larry Edelman

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Larry Edelman

This column is from Trendlines, my business newsletter that covers the forces shaping the economy in Boston and beyond. If you’d like to receive it via email on Mondays and Thursdays, sign up here. Investors held their breath Monday as Israel launched new strikes on Iran following the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Larry Edelman

The state’s unemployment rate rose for a fifth consecutive month in May to its highest level in nearly four years, as the number of new job-seekers continued to swell while hiring slowed. The jobless rate reached 4.8 percent last month, up from 4.6 percent in April, according to federal data released on Friday by the Healey administration. After a pandemic-fueled spike, unemployment bottomed out 3.3 percent in April 2023.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Larry Edelman

Susan M. Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said that she expects the central bank to cut interest rates at least once this year as it continues to monitor the impact of President Trump’s tariff policies on prices and the job market. Her baseline forecast calls for the Fed to ease rates “a bit” this year, with further reductions in 2026, she said in an interview on Friday. “There is still a lot of resilience in the economy,” which remains “solid overall,” Collins said.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Larry Edelman

This column is from Trendlines, my business newsletter that covers the forces shaping the economy in Boston and beyond. If you’d like to receive it via email on Mondays and Thursdays, sign up here. I’m out of my league when it comes to opining on whether the Rafael Devers trade was a win, loss, or no decision for the Red Sox.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Larry Edelman

This column is from Trendlines, my business newsletter that covers the forces shaping the economy in Boston and beyond. If you’d like to receive it via email on Mondays and Thursdays, sign up here. Hope for the best, expect the worst. It’s sound advice — hilariously dispensed in the movie “The 12 Chairs” by Mel Brooks — for coping with the vicissitudes of life.