At home and abroad, among a significant majority of Americans that includes increasing numbers of Republicans, as well as in the eyes of foreign leaders, the president of the United States is ...

The paper summarized here is part of the fall 2026 edition of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the leading conference series and journal in economics for timely, cutting-edge research about ...

While we were sleeping, the amount of money it takes to simply live our basic lives increased. The price of gas went up. The mortgage rates went up. The cost of food and other essential items will ...

Inflation is once again outpacing wage growth and eroding workers’ purchasing power. In August, consumer prices rose 3.4% from a year earlier, compared with 3.1% wage growth. April of this year was a ...

The consumer price index rose 0.4% in August, putting the 12-month increase at 3.4%, both in line with estimates. However, the core CPI accelerated 0.3% for the month, a bit higher than expected, as ...

On weekdays, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's Inflation Nowcasting tool processes new economic data and adjusts its outlook for several inflation measures, including the Consumer Price Index ...

The Personal Consumption Expenditure index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation tracker, held steady in July. By Ben Casselman The stubborn U.S. inflation problem did not get much worse in July.

The annual inflation rate fell slightly in July, and a key measure of underlying price trends remained moderate last month. Stop-and-start peace negotiations in the Middle East brought a respite for ...

Inflation cooled a bit last month as gasoline and grocery prices fell. Consumer prices in July were up 3.4% from a year ago, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department. That's a smaller ...

But prices still rose. In fact, the 3.5% annual inflation rate for June was higher than the inflation rate in any month of 2025. Inflation is complicated. Prices can be down for the month, as they ...

There’s a burger joint in Bremerton, Washington that makes you feel like time forgot to send it the memo about inflation. Crazy Eric’s Drive-In is the kind of place that stops you mid-bite and makes ...

The Inflation Shock Momentum Index (ISMI) updates data on coordinated directional pressure across the distribution of category-level inflation rates. This monthly indicator is intended to track ...