Inflation that’s roughly steady defied his critics’ expectations, because they had expected Trump’s high-tariff policy to send prices significantly higher. On the other hand, even steady inflation ...

A consumer-fueled U.S. economy is still growing at a strong pace, a weak jobs market might be on the mend and inflation is still a lingering — if smaller — problem than it was a few years ago. That’s ...

Since pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses began waning, culture warriors have been casting about for a new controversy in elite higher education. Last October, Harvard handed them one. Amanda ...

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, rose 2.8% year-over-year in November. The headline index was up 2.8% year-over-year, up from 2.7% in October and in line with the ...

President Donald Trump tried Tuesday to concoct an alternative reality on the subject of “affordability” – piling lie on top of lie to try to convince Americans that the issue has vanished. “You know, ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. “I Love Lucy.” “Star Wars.” ...

Dropping rates more than conditions warrant would stimulate the economy in the short term but could lead to trouble, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column ...

Core inflation, which excludes the more volatile costs of food and energy costs and is considered a better indicator of trends in price growth, held steady last month Core CPI inflation measured 2.6% ...

Inflation in 2025 ended neither as a crisis nor as a clean victory. The headline numbers finally look close to what central bankers call normal, yet the lived experience of prices for rent, groceries ...

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