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 ...

On October 15, 2025, the Social Security Administration will announce the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2026.

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 ...

Not even a first-of-the-century cost-of-living adjustment milestone will be enough to prop up retired-worker beneficiaries.

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 ...

"We doubt that US tariffs will significantly affect inflation in the rest of the world, but if anything, the effect could be ...