Putting “fun” back into low- and middle-income Americans’ budgets could be years away with most of their income barely covering the surge in costs for bare necessities, economists said. Even with ...

The war is over. Not the war in Ukraine or Gaza — I mean the war on inflation. Shoppers, understandably, are still freaking out in the grocery aisles, most recently over egg prices. Meanwhile, ...

Americans’ deep-seated frustration over inflation propelled Donald Trump to victory in the presidential race early this month. But will Trump’s policies ease inflation? Or could they make it worse? In ...

Beating inflation is starting to feel a lot like losing weight, at least before the Ozempic era: Losing the first pounds is generally easier — it's getting rid of the last ones that's proving hard.

Inflation accelerated in March for the third straight month, keeping prices painfully high for millions of Americans and likely delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The Labor ...

The central bank confronts “no risk-free path” in balancing the risks of a sharp slowdown in the labor market and resurgent price pressures. By Colby Smith Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve.

July’s Consumer Price Index inflation report is expected to continue the pattern of disinflation seen in recent months. Current expectations for a September rate cut are relatively high, so it is ...

Inflation increased in June and moved further away from the Federal Reserve's target rate as central bank policymakers prepare to meet later this month amid President Donald Trump's calls for interest ...

Strong reactions to rising prices and misunderstandings about the value of money are rampant, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and ...

In our recently published 2025 Diversification Landscape report, Christine Benz, Karen Zaya, Jason Kephart, and I took a deep dive into how different asset classes performed in the past couple of ...