Consumers Would Pay for a Smoother Economy Contrary to economic theory, survey respondents say they will trade off some spending in return for not having to deal with recessions. By Carla Fried June ...

Suppose you wanted to construct a new index to track the US stock market. What would you use as a model? The Dow Jones Industrial Average might be an option, but it’s hardly representative of the ...

AI Identifies Early Signs of Ratings Downgrades Machine learning captures additional risk signals from institutional investor behavior. By Matt Robinson June 02, 2025 Share This Page ...

UChicago’s annual Summer Institute in Social Research Methods provides opportunities for undergraduates to work as paid part-time research assistants on an ongoing research project of a faculty member ...

There can be little doubt that the 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries that Donald Trump announced abruptly on April 9th was driven by worries about the bond market. A jump in yields in America ...

The revolution that’s been happening in financial services is right in your pocket: the phone that you pull out when the check arrives after a restaurant dinner with friends. Until relatively recently ...

Manufacturers, for the most part, don’t run their operations at full capacity. Machines sit idle. Processes are slowed. Macroeconomists have long studied the effects of these costly choices, asking, ...

We asked a few Chicago Booth faculty members for their current book recommendations. See their picks.

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has received $12 million in commitments from University of Chicago trustee Mary Tolan, MBA ’92 (XP-61), and her husband, Edward Grzelakowski, to ...

Press Releases Chicago Booth receives $12 million investment for its Healthcare Initiative from alumna Mary Tolan, MBA ’92 (XP-61) In recognition, the school’s Healthcare Initiative will become the ...

In this blog, Chicago Booth students who are also parents provide their honest perspective of what it’s like to balance an MBA with family, work, and other responsibilities. Read on as they provide ...

Marijuana use has been trending upward in the United States in recent years, and two dozen states have made weed legal for recreational use. According to one Gallup poll, about 70 percent of Americans ...