Inflation Was Moderate in July, but Energy Prices Remain Elevated
Inflation continued to ease last month from its war-driven surge earlier in the year, but prices still remain at a ...
Tag: United States Economy
Live Updates: Persistent Inflation Pressures in Focus
Aug. 12, 2026, 7:26 a.m. ETBenign inflation data would reduce the urgency around a September rate rise.Kevin M. Warsh, the ...
What the Stock Market’s Record Rally Has to Do With Rescuing the Yen
The U.S. Treasury Department’s official reason for intervening in the Japanese yen last week was to prop up a major ...
Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor ‘Dead’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed the impact of inflation on lower-income Americans, declaring this week that the “K-shaped” economy — ...
Weak Jobs Report Does Not Eliminate Prospects of Interest Rate Rise
July’s jobs report has reduced some of the urgency around the need for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, ...
Labor Market Shifts Into Reverse as Employers Balk at Hiring
The labor market posted a modest loss in July, as businesses shed jobs in the face of renewed tariffs and ...
Inflation Worries Prompted Fed Officials to Dissent on Holding Rates Steady
Higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve this week would have put the central bank in a better position to ...
Live Updates: Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, Despite Three Votes for an Increase
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged despite growing pressure to more directly tackle inflation after five years ...
What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s July Meeting
The Federal Reserve is at an inflection point in its yearslong campaign against elevated inflation. On Wednesday, officials will decide ...
Trump Administration Imposed New Tariffs of Around 10% on Over 80 Nations
The Trump administration imposed tariffs of around 10 percent on goods from more than 80 countries on Friday, its latest ...
Stocks and the Economy Are Increasingly Relying on the A.I. Boom
There is an adage in the financial world: The stock market is not the economy.Except that, right now, maybe it ...
White House Cheers Inflation Data While Iran War Sparks New Price Surge
When rising gas prices began to cut into Americans’ paychecks, President Trump’s top economic adviser sought to offer a note ...
Warsh Reiterates Fed’s Pledge to Get Inflation Down
Follow live updates on Kevin Warsh’s testimony to Congress on inflation.Kevin M. Warsh reiterated his commitment to bringing down inflation ...
The Fed’s Christopher Waller Warns of Higher Rates if Inflation Stays High
A top official at the Federal Reserve said the central bank might soon have to raise interest rates if this ...
Latest Jobs Report Shows Labor Market Is Not a Source of Inflationary Pressure
Kevin M. Warsh made one thing abundantly clear in his first weeks as chairman of the Federal Reserve. With inflation ...
U.S. Hiring Continues at a Steady but Slower Pace
What to know about the report.Employment figures for June showed the American economy continues to stride past obstacles including the ...
What Private Credit Is, and Why Investors Are So Worried About It
One hundred and three years ago, in his seminal book on investing, Edwin Lefèvre wrote: “There is nothing new in ...
June Jobs Report Shows US Labor Market Making Slower but Steady Gains
Retail spending continues to be a strength in U.S. commerce overall, even if that resilience is concentrated among consumers in ...
A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.
Pretty much everyone agrees that artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape the economy in the coming decades. But no ...
Oil Prices Return to Prewar Levels After Four Months
Oil prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the war in Iran started, offering relief to households, businesses ...
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