With inflation a meaningful economic factor after a decades-long hiatus in many countries, households need no tutorial on its impact on their day-to-day spending, as budgets are stretched thin by ...

Investors are once again looking for a Fed "pivot" of sorts away from its breakneck series of rate increases. But analysts at Deutsche Bank, in a Tuesday note, highlighted the historical record ...

David and Carola specifically discuss the history of inflation in the US, the advantages of adopting a nominal GDP targeting regime, what to expect from the Fed’s upcoming framework review, and more.

Recent analyses have identified the price inflation since President Biden took office as a strong headwind against his re-election. Wall Street Journal reporters Stephanie Stamm and Jesse Newton, for ...

A decade ago, an esteemed professor delivered a lecture upon receiving a university award for a “significant contribution to the learning environment.” After the lecture, he took questions from the ...

Economists expect the June Consumer Price Index report to confirm the third month in a row of cooling inflation, which would raise the likelihood of the Fed cutting interest rates in September. The ...

Trump claimed Friday: “We have almost no inflation. We’re down now to 2%.” He said at the same event: “Inflation is almost nonexistent.” Those claims are slightly more accurate than Trump’s ...

As of 2025, the federal minimum wage in the U.S. is $7.25 an hour and has not been increased since 2009. Since then, there have been discussions of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. A ...

Treasury yields via the TIPS market vs. recent history also suggests inflation concerns continue to be downplayed.

Since Tuesday’s big Democratic electoral victories, I’ve been seeing some speculation to the effect that the 2024 election may be marked by a reverse coattail effect: that President Biden, whose poll ...