Explore how the Trump administration's policies and Federal Reserve actions impact inflation and the U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are slowing economic growth in the United States and around the world while sending prices higher again, creating a toxic stew for the global economy that ...

Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, said that “further progress may be delayed” on inflation because of tariffs. Officials kept ...

Overall, grocery prices have increased nearly 2% on average in the United States in the last 12 months ... In general, one way to curtail inflation rates is by hiking up interest rates in hopes ...

During the previous Trump administration's trade war with China, production costs soared and manufacturing activity took a ...

After rising to a 9-percent annual increase in the aftermath of the pandemic, inflation sank nearly all the way back ...

Headlines predicted bear markets, loss of savings, and encouraged talk of a recession on Tuesday after the European Union ...

The projections underscore the tight spot the Fed may find itself in this year: Higher inflation typically would lead the Fed ...

There’s been a whirlwind of activity in Washington, D.C. since President Donald Trump took office two months ago. Sen. Mike ...

By contrast, the rest of Europe is eyeing an acceleration in growth, as Germany prepares to open its wallet to restore its ...

New federal government data reveals economy-wide inflation for the past 12-months amounts to 2.8 percent, a figure that ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 9 The Washington Post says Americans need the CFPB Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a ...