Key monthly metrics from the US government continue to be released now that the shutdown has ended. Next up: September wholesale inflation and retail sales.

Numerous commentators—especially those defending President Biden’s economic record—have puzzled over why Americans are sour about the state of the U.S. economy. Unemployment rates have returned to pre ...

Although inflation has eased, many Americans say they still feel squeezed financially. Here are five areas where households ...

Donald Trump’s White House argues that falling inflation and easing fuel and housing costs show the US is making “big ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell famously described the high inflation that had just started dragging down U.S. consumers in July 2021 as "transitory." His word choice suggested that elevated ...

Inflation is still a thing. Prices were 2.6% higher in October than a year earlier, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday. That's a much lower inflation rate than American ...

USA TODAY asked economists to ascribe blame for the historic run of inflation, which reached a 40-year peak in mid-2022. Inflation has cooled since then, to an annual rate of 2.6% in October. But ...

Overall PCE inflation was 2.3% year over year as of August 2024, with core PCE inflation at 2.7%. After soaring to 6.5% in 2022 and 3.7% in 2023, PCE inflation should post an annual average of 2.4% in ...

The increase in poverty reversed two years of large declines. Median income, adjusted for inflation, fell 2.3 percent to $74,580. By Ben Casselman and Lydia DePillis Poverty increased sharply last ...

The inflation rate is not zero; it’s currently at 2.9% year over year. That’s higher than the Fed’s 2% "price stability" target. The inflation rate also has been rising for the past four months. See ...

2023 was a tumultuous year for the United States economy. Consumers dealt with pain points from inflation and high gas prices to increased interest rates. Despite these headwinds, the country’s clean ...