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Trump and Wall Street want the Fed to lower the target policy interest rate and fuel more monetary inflation. If Trump gets his way, ordinary people will suffer ...
Here's a letter from a weary Moneyist reader in the aftermath of the latest inflation data: "I'm confused! Inflation numbers are up and the stock market is also up, supposedly because Wall Street ...
Nigeria records rare disinflation in 2025, with inflation falling from 24.5% in January to 21.9% in July, a 10.7% drop, ...
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 is projected to rise by 2.7%, a slight increase from earlier ...
Most companies, it turns out, have been reluctant to raise prices. Americans are tired of inflation and they are more resistant to price increases, forcing firms to adopt an array of strategies. The ...
The Labor Department reported Thursday that the producer price index (PPI)—a measure of wholesale inflation before it hits ...
The housing market is juggling mixed economic signals—ranging from stubborn shelter costs to easing mortgage rates.
If tariff-driven inflation is truly arriving, already low estimations of Trump’s handling of prices could really plunge.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.66% in the week ending Aug. 14, down four basis points from the previous week.
Then one person simply went to Chat GPT 5.0 and asked some very specific questions about what we can do to improve the BLS ...
A new report from Deloitte shows the average cost for a packed lunch is now $6.15, up nearly 3% from 2024. But that all depends on what you buy.
Inflation held steady in July and ran slightly cooler than expected, increasing the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut next ...