inflation

President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill is fueling debate among economists about whether it will spark a nasty spike in inflation. The consensus view is that the ...

WASHINGTON—The prospects for another large COVID-19 stimulus package have reignited fears about inflation, causing a deep division among ...

Commentary As an escape from the dollar, an Arizona-based firm has revived a gold-standard remnant. In January, Monetary ...

Small business optimism tanked again in January. NTD asks the New York director of the National Federation of ...

BRUSSELS—Eurozone consumer inflation rebounded by much more than expected in January, a flash estimate showed on Feb. 3, ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. consumer spending fell for a second straight month in December amid renewed business restrictions to slow the ...

Commentary On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, the Treasury secretary designate Janet Yellen outlined before the Senate Finance Committee the ...

The Australian economy is showing a marked rebound from its first recession in decades, but the improvement is ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturing activity surged to its highest level in nearly 14 years in early January, but bottlenecks in ...

NEW YORK—The U.S. Treasuries market took investors on a bumpy ride in 2020, with yields plunging to historic ...

Commentary At the end of every year, we receive numerous estimates of global GDP growth and inflation for ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. producer prices barely rose in November, supporting views that inflation would remain benign in the near term ...

OTTAWA—Positive news about vaccine delivery won’t be enough to give the economy a shot in the arm to ...

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the consumer price index in October was up 0.7 percent compared with a year ago ...

Commentary Central banks continue to be obsessed with inflation. Current monetary policy is like the behavior of a ...

Commentary The fiscal response during the COVID-19 recession has been unprecedented. Passage of the CARES Act pumped more ...

Commentary Memo to: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau From: Scrooge, Marley & Robson, Insultants Re: Stuff Dear Mr. Prime ...

Central banks are pulling out all the stops to support the economic recovery, with the latest move being ...

Commentary On Sept. 16, at 11:15 am PT/2:15 pm ET, the U.S. central bank is expected to make ...

Commentary The era of federal deficit spending without an inflation spike has come to an end. Given the ...

Commentary The job of a responsible central bank is to maintain the value of the currency in such ...

Commentary The Federal Reserve officially changed its target for inflation on Aug. 27. Going forward, the U.S. central ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve unveiled on Aug. 27 a major policy change that tolerates higher inflation, a move that ...

It's quarterly earnings season and big banks have taken a hit. We've got details and analysis for you. ...

U.S. consumer prices in June posted their biggest monthly gain since 2012 after three months of declines punctuated ...

When Congress enacted the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, numerous experts warned that ...

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI ) figures released on April 29 shows a headline rise of 0.3 ...