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 report, which marks the fourth consecutive month of higher inflation, showed that the following items saw price increases on a month-over-month basis. Recent sticky inflation data backs the ...

Economists with Morgan Stanley Research said in a report on Friday that they expect inflation in 2025 to rise 2.5%, up from their previous forecast in December of 2.3%. Another key gauge that ...

However, for long-term investors, CDs may present a different type of risk that can be just as harmful as market risk—the risk of inflation. If the return on an investment does not at least keep ...

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

A top Fed official and the chief economist at Apollo both sounded the alarm on stagflation risks this week.

Inflation just won’t stand down. But you can stand up to it. This week, the government reported that consumer prices rose 3% in January from a year earlier, reversing inflation’s sluggish ...

One explanation is the rise in federal aid transfers ... Since 2001, the US has experienced cumulative inflation of around 80%, according to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.