What is inflation? Inflation reflects the broad rise of prices or the fall in the value of money. It generally results from too much demand chasing too few goods or limited services, leading to price ...

This week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point in a bid to jolt a labor market that’s significantly ...

The Consumer Price Index likely inched higher in August, reflecting higher costs for food and other items, economists say.

That’s according to Moody Analytics’s chief economist Mark Zandi, who told Fortune [1] that if immigrants continue to be ...

For months, economists warned that the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs would sharply boost consumer prices. Here's ...

Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession, investors and executives have grown accustomed to a world of low interest rates and low inflation. No longer. In 2021, inflation began ...

The labor market has seen continued deterioration, most notably with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ revisions to nonfarm ...

The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday, July 30, that it is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged, at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The decision is extremely foolish. By keeping rates at a ...

At the same time, because wages don’t rise as fast as inflation, labor effectively becomes cheaper for companies. This leads ...

New research suggests the actual tariff rates are well below what economists have suspected.

Whether you’re scrolling through social media, attending political rallies or shopping at your local grocery store, you’re bound to hear the term “inflation” thrown around. Inflation measures the ...

Unemployment is proving hard for Labour to fix and, as Sean O’Grady explains, the electorate may have to finally face the costs of an ageing population and Brexit ...