Inflation is a word you hear all the time. However, many people don't fully understand how it works or how it impacts their ...

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 president — ...

The Federal Reserve will continue its ultra-low interest rate policies and bond-buying program, a sign that it wants to see more evidence of a strengthening economic recovery before it considers ...

Karabell is an author, investor, and commentator. His latest book is Inside Money: Brown Brothers Harriman and the American Way of Power. At its September meeting, the Federal Reserve again sharply ...

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 ...

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 2022 ...

Geoff Williams is a Loveland, Ohio-based writer specializing in personal finance and small business issues. He has been freelancing for 30 years, writing for numerous publications including The Wall ...

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, ...

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 mutual ...

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 1980s.

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, ...

Over the few years, inflation has been cooling. But from the gas pump to the grocery store, the overall price of living still feels stubbornly high for many Americans. The Federal Reserve has tried to ...