The latest inflation readings showed a mixed bag as drops in grocery and used car prices balanced out increases in rent and gasoline. Overall prices increased 3.4% from a year earlier, down from 3.5% ...

Inflation refers to the rise in prices across the economy. But inflation can take many forms, and it has complex causes. For example, stagflation, which occurred in the 1970s, combines high inflation ...

The U.S. annual inflation rate jumped to 4.2% in May, a three-year high. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with economist Claudia Sahm about what the numbers mean and what the Fed may do about it. Claudia ...

Economists use the real economic growth rate to measure how quickly a country’s economy is growing. Learn the difference from ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney ...

The people who experience the US economy continue to disagree with the people who measure it, and the most likely reason is inflation: Most Americans still see it as a major problem, while most ...

Before the pandemic, investors worried about how persistently low inflation and interest rates would crimp bank profits. Paradoxically, they also worried about bank profitability when post-COVID ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The most recent consumer price index report is expected soon and a slight increase is expected, along with other economic indicators. With the vast definition of the word inflation, ...

Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market. By Colby Smith ...