The current inflation rate in the USA is 5 percent, significantly down from its June 2022 apex of 9.1 percent. Yet, given that this rate is more than two basis points higher than the Federal Reserve’s ...

When Donald Trump won the US presidential election on November 6, 2024, one-year swaps linked to the US measure of inflation, the consumer price index (CPI), jumped 15 basis points as markets ...

Inflation is 'running at about the same pace as in the last report' The U.S. economy grew slightly faster in the early spring and businesses added more workers, a Federal Reserve survey found, but ...

Here’s another data point that gold and other things that are supposed to trade up when inflation spikes are in a bubble: The prices of books about hyperinflation are themselves hyperinflated (from ...

The effects of tariffs, higher tax returns and even some policies designed to improve affordability could push prices higher.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Is inflation scrambling your nest egg? If so, you're not alone. The ...

The economic force is often seen as a barometer for a nation’s mood and health. But have we misunderstood it all along? Donald Trump holds a big and a small box of Tic Tac to illustrate inflation ...

Economists cite several reasons for high inflation in the United States, starting with the unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. But TV ads in midterm races across the country ...