You've likely heard the numbers thrown around in news reports and political debates: inflation is at 3%. But what does that figure, from the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, actually mean for ...

The Federal Reserve cut rates by a quarter percentage point on December 10, but beneath the surface, the official meeting minutes reveal a sharply divided committee. The FOMC is wrestling with a ...

Inflation has eased, but is still running high. Here's an easy way to tell if your savings account is losing ground, along with a simple move to help your money hold its value.

Inflation has cooled so sharply that even seasoned market watchers are expressing surprise, a dramatic shift from the price spikes that dominated the early 2020s. That reversal is reshaping everything ...

There is nothing people are more nostalgic for around the holidays than what they used to pay for their groceries in the ’80s and ’90s. Remember the iconic scene in “Home Alone” where Kevin ...

Inflation, inflation, inflation. We keep hearing how terrible it is, but is it really as bad as it seems? We know grocery and restaurant prices are up. We’ve been warned about the impact of tariffs on ...

• The September CPI inflation report showed that prices rose at a slower-than-expected rate of 0.3% last month, but annual price hikes for a range of consumer goods rose at the fastest pace so far ...

Aviva Investors said in its 2026 outlook that a key market risk would come from central banks ending their rate-cutting ...

• A flurry of economic data released Tuesday after a blackout during the government shutdown paints a confusing picture of the US economy. • September wholesale inflation rose by 0.3%, keeping the ...

The economic force is often seen as a barometer for a nation’s mood and health. But have we misunderstood it all along? Donald Trump holds a big and a small box of Tic Tac to illustrate inflation ...

Grade inflation here at Penn is not the world’s most pressing problem. But, as its inclusion in the Trump administration’s proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education makes clear, ...