All eyes are on the Federal Reserve as mass expectations are for the start of a rate-cutting cycle next week at the September Federal Open Market Committee meeting September 17-18, 2024. Fed Chair ...

Social Security benefits will get a boost for next year following the announcement of the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) on Friday, a debate is emerging over whether there is a more ...

Bank of America shared its inflation forecast with TheStreet, based on the core (excluding volatile food and energy) Personal ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

This month, higher prices helped deliver the presidency from the Democrats to Donald Trump. A CBS News Election Day poll showed three-quarters of voters considered inflation a hardship. “I think that ...

BLS says staff shortage has 'minimal impact' on headline U.S. inflation estimate Is the best-known U.S. inflation report becoming less accurate because of the Trump administration's hiring freeze? The ...

Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.

The headline CPI is expected to reach the highest level since June 2024 at 3.1%, driven by tariff-related goods inflation. The market rents are falling, mostly in Texas and southern states, pointing ...

Prices rose 2.6% between October 2023 and the same month in 2024, an unremarkable figure. Yet, inflation seems to be on everyone’s minds. This month, higher prices helped deliver the presidency from ...