Inflation remained stubbornly high in August, largely on the back of higher energy prices amid the Iran war, economists said.

Fallout from these decisions pushed prices higher and pressured worker pay ...

While crude oil prices soar above triple digits amid the ongoing disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump‘s next political crisis may already be taking shape at the ...

A chart comparing today's post-COVID-19 inflationary wave to the great inflation of the 1970s is making the rounds again after Wednesday's hotter-than-expected CPI report. Apollo economist Torsten ...

Rather, about the topic on which the economist, former treasury secretary and former Harvard president has been so irritatingly correct in recent years: the state of the American economy. He ...

President Donald Trump shared a chart on Sunday which made inflation during his second term look great in comparison to other modern presidents — but it wasn't exactly an apples-to-apples comparison.

Inflation fundamentals haven't changed, the economy is doing Ok (1.5-2% real growth), corporate profits are tremendous, and there are no signs of a looming recession or even a slowdown. In the past ...

In 2022-23 central bankers dreamed of bringing high inflation down without triggering a recession. Some countries came awfully close to success. Now central banks are recalibrating their instruments ...

The consumer price index rose 2.9% on an annual basis in August 2025, the fastest pace of inflation since January. Tariffs levied by President Donald Trump seem to be putting upward pressure on ...

The annual inflation rate increased slightly in May as an uptick in grocery inflation somewhat offset lower prices at the gasoline pump. And while inflation was relatively tame, economists said they ...

Inflation throttled back in March, largely on lower gasoline prices — but tariffs threaten to reverse that downward trend in coming months while trouble also lurks in certain categories like groceries ...