Beating back inflation is only half the battle in lowering the cost of living — you also have to think about people's pay, economists argue.

Trump tours battleground states promoting affordability messaging as Democrats sweep 2025 elections using economic concerns ...

Last week brought the delayed September numbers on personal income, consumption, and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the ...

US consumer spending stalled in September, suggesting Americans were already stretched going into the government shutdown in the face of stubborn inflation.

The Federal Reserve released new economic projections on June 18, forecasting higher inflation and slower economic growth than previously anticipated amid shifting trade, immigration, fiscal and ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday cautioned that the central bank could face a "challenging scenario" of managing both accelerating inflation and a slowing economy brought on by the ...

Inflation reared its head again in January, rising by 3% on an annual basis, up from a rate of 2.9% in December and 2.7% the month prior, according to new data released this week. The steady uptick ...

Recent economic data show that cumulative wage gains have finally surpassed the sharp rise in consumer prices that has plagued the economy for several years. This milestone marks the first time since ...

The Commerce Department's delayed September PCE inflation report showed that inflation remained well above the Federal ...