It has been a week of geopolitical uncertainty and policy whiplash. Stocks and bonds regained ground, the US dollar sank and gold is set for its best week since 2020.

A massive jump in economic policy uncertainty, highlighted by President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again tariffs and other policy back and forth, has characterized the first few months of his second ...

Faculty members tend to fear uncertainty in the classroom. You may worry that if you let students flounder, they will grow frustrated with the course material and with you. To know they are leaving ...

If we tallied up the most common words we’ve used on this show over the last handful of years, “uncertainty” would rank high on the list. We’ve used it to describe what’s happening in the housing ...

In one research study, participants were given a choice: Either they could pay $38 to guarantee they would get a $50 gift certificate, or they could pay $28 to enter a lottery for a chance to win ...

Christie Aschwanden: Rosemerry, do you remember that time we were hiking along the lake on Enchanted Mesa [in Colorado], and I told you I was thinking about doing a project about science and ...

Life is uncertain. We never know what will happen, and many things are unknowable. This can make us feel stressed or worried, since the unknown is associated with danger. But as journalist Maggie ...

The world economy has proven more resilient than many feared. The nightmare of an all-out trade war has so far been averted, as has a global recession. Businesses are adapting to trade disruption.

Climate change poses substantial short-term and long-term challenges for society and policy. The design and conduct of prudent government climate policy is difficult for at least two reasons. First, ...

According to the APA's Stress in America Survey, 81% of Americans reported global uncertainty as one of their main sources of stress, and nearly 65% said that the dynamic nature of the pandemic makes ...