A drop in the inflation rate could prove to be good news for homebuyers and owners hoping to refinance. Here's why.

In a surprising turn of events, the annual inflation rate plummeted to 2.7% last month, catching many economists off guard.

The Federal Reserve's strategy of crushing inflation without breaking the expansion has looked fragile for years. With growth ...

In 2020, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) responded to an acute recession by cutting interest rates and launching large-scale asset purchases to support credit and stimulate demand. Then, inflation in ...

The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

This paper examines the effectiveness of inflation targeting (IT) frameworks during the global inflation surge of 2022, a shock primarily driven by large adverse supply side disruptions following the ...

President Donald Trump promised to lower costs on his first day in office. Here’s how it’s going so far. President Donald Trump promised to lower inflation starting on Day One in the White House.

Southern California shoppers are seeing an unwelcome return of worrisome inflation. My trusty spreadsheet looked at what shoppers pay for goods and services by combining three regional Consumer Price ...

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