The June consumer price index will be the latest glimpse into whether tariffs are having an effect on consumer prices.

In his May 2025 quarterly announcement, Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell warned of the rising risk of stagflation, a dreaded combination of high inflation and unemployment. Mainstream ...

The scariest economics paper of 2022 argues that labor markets remain extremely tight, underlying inflation is high and possibly rising, and several years of very high unemployment may be ...

My question instead is why so many economists got the inflation outlook so wrong. Unemployment is still near a 50-year low, yet here’s what happened to the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure ...

In the 1970s, moves meant to boost employment went wrong, causing inflation to skyrocket and creating one of the most painful economic disasters of the century.

Jerome Powell is eyeing lower inflation, but Oxford Economics says it’ll rise after the presidential election—no matter who wins.

NBC also mentioned inflation more than any other economic indicator, with the topic appearing in 12 (or 43%) of its economic news segments.

The Inflation Reduction Act, as it is being called, could be voted on as early as this week.

Economic Indicator of the Year: Inflation It wasn’t great, but the 1970s did not return, and in 2023 the economic indicator we’ll be talking about will be unemployment.

CPI data shows inflation fell to 4% in May, a new 2-year low, as gas prices, food price gains eased. Core consumer price increases remained high.

What causes inflation? How does inflation cause a change in socioeconomic history? Here are three books to help you explore the subject in depth.