The way economists measure inflation doesn’t always match up with the way people experience rising costs, J.W. Mason writes ...

The economic consensus of the moment is that higher prices are the same as inflation, and the Fed is the only governmental ...

The unemployment rate ... economic indicators followed by consumers, investors, economists, and the Federal Reserve. Here's what it means, how it's measured, and how it relates to inflation ...

In January America’s “core” consumer-price index, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, jumped by 5.5% at an annualised rate ... a great economic cost”. Current inflation ...

Some analysts fear tariffs will not only make goods more expensive, but could create "stagflation" - a period of slow growth but high inflation.