Personal consumption expenditures, the Federal Reserve's preferred marker of inflation, fell for the first time in six years in June, the BEA reports.

The annual rate of inflation began to accelerate again in July after slowing in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Energy prices declined 1.5 percent in July but remain 14.7 percent higher compared with a year ago.

Inflation rates impact asset prices and guide monetary policy. For banks, inflation fluctuations affect their operations and ...

Price controls are an old, bad idea that resurfaces whenever inflation spikes and Americans start looking for someone to ...

(The Conversation) — Americans don’t need a press release to know that inflation is rising. Gasoline is above $4 per gallon amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and closure of the Strait of ...

Militarists push for austerity to keep a disastrous war going. If the GOP gets wiped out in the midterms this fall, the biggest cause will likely bewar-induced inflation, a double betrayal of the ...

A steep rise in inflation since 2021 has triggered an affordability crisis, and especially a housing affordability crisis, in the United States. A new poll by The Heartland Institute’s Glenn C.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 10 The Washington Post says America's budget is on the precipice of catastrophe The budget of the federal government is the ...

New data has shone a light on the cost of living differences between states. Conducted and published by the Missouri Economic Research & Information Center (MERIC), this data scored each state — plus ...