High inflation is more than a tax on everyday spending, it also impacts longer run costs through higher interest rates. Chart 1 shows the relationship between inflation (blue line), interest rates ...

The August inflation report shows a slight uptick, with core inflation at 0.3% month-over-month and 3.3% year-over-year, but disinflationary trends persist. Goods prices are deflationary, especially ...

It’s been a while since the 2022 run-up in inflation rates and the painfully gradual descent. Yet consumers have been experiencing a renewed wave of sticker shock at prices in recent months, according ...

The quits rate in the JOLTS report shows significant softening. Long-term unemployment jumped to 1.7%. My recession rule is at 33% and rising, but it needs to be over 50% to trigger a recession ...

Having worked in the Federal Reserve system her entire career, Loretta Mester rose to become president of the Cleveland Fed for a decade until her retirement on June 30. During most of her years on ...

“Today’s CPI report shows inflation is declining and the economy is moving in the right direction under President Trump,” ...

Equity markets and bond prices fell hard after the release of the December jobs report, as the dollar and bond yields surged. However, market moves on January 10 were about more than the jobs report.

The future of the Inflation Reduction Act under President Trump's second term is a complex and multifaceted issue. Several factors will influence the trajectory of the IRA, including political ...

Top Biden economists shared a lesson for the Trump administration and beyond on Friday: Whenever the next crisis arrives, the government should not hold back in its response efforts. Why it matters: ...

This calculator shows how inflation affects the purchasing power of money over time. The nominal value is what your investment will be worth in future dollars, while the real value shows what it will ...

Rising gas prices haven’t taken their toll on the American consumer just yet, amid growing optimism that inflation is easing, according to the latest consumer sentiment survey from the University of ...