The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of stubbornly ...

The central bank confronts “no risk-free path” in balancing the risks of a sharp slowdown in the labor market and resurgent ...

According to mainstream economists, inflation aids economic growth while deflation impairs growth. Austrian economists, ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments Wednesday appeared to heighten financial experts’ fears that tariffs on goods imported to the U.S. could bring about an economic condition known as ...

Forecasters expect inflation to continue rising in the fourth quarter as President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to push up ...

Last week I suggested that no matter who was elected, the chance of either candidate getting a handle on inflation was slim to none. My opinion of course, but my reasoning is based on 50 years or so ...

Wonder Land: In 2016 they lay down in the street to stop traffic. In 2024 they had cookies and milk. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters/Mark Wilson/Getty Images Inflation is remaking America—again. It looms ...

The Federal Reserve is facing an increasingly difficult economic environment as it tries to keep the economy on track and get inflation to return to normal levels after sweeping tariffs rolled out ...

Inflation is slowing in the U.S., but so is growth. That means investors might want to focus on companies that are paying—and growing—their dividends. The U.S. economy’s worst bout of inflation in a ...

“Participants agreed that uncertainty about the economic outlook had increased further, making it appropriate to take a cautious approach until the net economic effects of the array of changes to ...

Your emergency fund needs to get elevated to “stat” status. As I wrote back when inflation hit a 40-year high in the summer of 2022, you need a rainy-day fund — because it’s not a matter of if you’ll ...