CBS News

Trump and Harris' views on inflation, according to their records and what they've said

Inflation is consistently a top issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election — in CBS News' polling in mid-August, 76% of registered voters said it was a major factor in their choice for ...
Time

The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target Is a Made Up Number

Karabell is an author, investor, and commentator. His latest book is Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power. As the year wraps up, several things are clear in an otherwise ...
Washington Examiner

Inflation dropped slightly to 2.5% in June in Fed’s preferred gauge

Inflation cooled to 2.5% for the year ending in June in the index favored by the Federal Reserve, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday, down a tenth of a percentage point from the ...
Newsweek

Will Inflation Rise Under Trump? Economists Weigh in

Voter dissatisfaction with the economy, particularly the high cost of living after post-COVID inflation, helped bring Donald Trump back to the White House. Inflation peaked at 9.1 percent in June ...
Investopedia

Inflation Is Running High—Here's What Experts Expect for the Rest of the Year

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...
CBS News

Inflation is creeping higher, with some Americans saying they're squeezed: "It's really challenging"

For Kasey McBlais, a 42-year-old single mom who lives in Maine with her two elementary school-aged children, the cost of running a household is only getting more expensive, from buying groceries to ...
Forbes

The Price-Inflation Paradox: How Tariffs Really Affect The Economy

Anticipation of incoming president Trump’s tariffs has caused confusion regarding high prices and high inflation. They are not really the same. The effect of tariffs is to push prices up, but not to ...
The New Yorker

Does the President Have Control Over Inflation?

On Tuesday night, President Biden used his State of the Union address, in Congress, to touch on a range of pressing issues, including infrastructure, insulin prices, Roe v. Wade, Chinese surveillance, ...
USA Today

Is inflation worse under Democrats or Republicans? The truth is hazier than it may seem

Inflation—you know it, and you definitely don’t like it. According to Americans polled in a Pew Research Center report last year, it is the nation’s top problem. Frustration with inflation is ...
Forbes

Is Inflation High Compared To Years Past? Breaking Down Inflation Rates By Year

Over the past 10 years, inflation has averaged 1.88%. 2022 showed an annual inflation rate of 8%. The U.S. experienced deflation in the 1930s and high rates of inflation in the 1970s and early ...
NPR

Here's where inflation stands today — and why it's raising hope about the economy

Inflation got a little higher last month — but not enough to set off alarms. Consumer prices in July were up 3.2% from a year ago, according to data released Thursday, driven in part by rising rent, ...

Brazil Inflation Dips Again as Central Bank Expected to Hold

Brazil’s annual inflation slowed to within the central bank’s tolerance range for the first time in 14 months in November, ...