Readers weigh in on President Trump’s “paradigm shift,” private equity vs. the S&P 500, cutting Social Security benefits, and the rate of inflation vs. absolute price levels.

That didn't quite happen at the time. Inflation reached more than 14% in 1980 but eventually declined to average 3.5% in the latter half of the decade, according to Federal Reserve History, a website ...

According to the most recent BLS reading, released Wednesday morning, February saw less steep price increases for consumers. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.2 percent, a slowdown from January ...

Fed policymakers have said they will respond if the unemployment rate rises unexpectedly, but they also say they need to see ...

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A new survey from the University of Michigan shows Americans bracing for economic pain as tariffs and policy uncertainty bite ...

Trump’s tariff strategy and Fed policies drive market uncertainty. Read why I stay bullish on US stocks and the S&P 500, ...

Consumer sentiment tumbled in March as the impacts of President Donald Trump's tariff policies and elevated price increases ...

Wholesale prices in the U.S. didn't rise in February. Hooray. The report follows a similarly mild increase in consumer prices. Inflation is still running well above prepandemic levels, however, and ...

Learn about the latest trends in mortgage rates, current market conditions, and predictions for future shifts. Will mortgage rates drop in 2025?

Markets will be laser focused on Federal Reserve policy and economic projections next week, looking for signs about where ...

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core wholesale prices fell 0.1% last month from January, first drop ...