Discover how macroeconomics impacts GDP, inflation, and unemployment, and learn how policy decisions shape economic stability ...

Inflation and the EconomyInflation is one of the most important and frequently discussed economic topics. Economists, ...

The economy in 2025 was filled with contradictions, as growth was healthy while hiring slowed, inflation stayed elevated and unemployment rose.

I recorded the December 19 commentary before President Trump gave his speech on Wednesday, December 16. I discussed the reason why the public sees inflation as a continuing problem and pointed out ...

A rear view of a concerned businessman as he places his hand on his head and looks up the word inflation on a chart and a one dollar bill in front of him. Stagflation is a word that has been mentioned ...

The December U.S. jobs report was just good enough to persuade investors the Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates again ...

A new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined the impact of tariffs on the economy based on historical examples, finding that the effect of import taxes on inflation and ...

So-called core inflation, or CPI data that excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose by 2.6% over the past 12 months, ...

A new study that examined 150 years of tariffs in the U.S. and abroad found they disrupt the economy and financial markets so much that the result is lower inflation. The conclusion goes against the ...

I’m positioned around my view that rising unemployment (4.3% toward 4.5%) plus moderate inflation (3%–3.2%) will push the Fed to cut the interest rate in December ...

It’s not easy to judge a president. It’s tempting to hold the ones you dislike to a higher standard while making excuses for the mistakes of the ones you like. That’s why at the beginning of Donald ...

Inflation climbed nearly 3% nationwide, and unemployment rose to almost 4.5%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...