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

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 ...

CPI data shows inflation fell to 4% in May, a new 2-year low, as gas prices, ... "The embers of inflation keep fading," says Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist for the Economic Outlook Group.

Under a Trump presidency, peak inflation would be 0.6 percentage points higher than the current 3.3%, according to Oxford Economics’ analysis.

Few remember Fed chair Burns, who in his memoirs, "Reflections of an Economic Policy Maker (1969-1978)", blames others for the Great Inflation without mentioning the disastrous monetary expansion.

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.

The Inflation Reduction Act won’t accomplish its stated goal, but what’s interesting is the seed of economic reality that it signals has been planted in the progressive consciousness.

He served eight years as a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama, and he has reviewed more than 1,000 books at goodreads.com. Published Oct. 21, 2024 Updated Nov. 22, 2024 ...

If even distinguished economists have competing theories on what causes inflation, then the average citizen can be forgiven for being confused, says Olney, who uses nonacademic language to explain ...