The U.S. economy managed to navigate a volatile 2025 without collapsing, but the cumulative effects of ongoing trade tensions and persistent inflation keep concerns about a 2026 recession on some ...

Shares, having not done too much on Monday, when the US S&P 500 even finished higher, have now turned significantly downwards, with European markets seeing the biggest falls since the aftermath of US ...

The UK government cut its 2026 growth forecast on Tuesday, as Britain's finance minister delivered a fiscal update overshadowed by concerns over the economic fallout from the Iran war.

Evan Soltas and Jonathan Gruber have published a paper titled, “How Costly Is Permitting in Housing Development?”. They ...

The Iran War is sending oil prices into a spike that could have dire consequences for an American economy teetering on the brink.

“In 2013 I published RICH DADs PROPHECY predicting the biggest crash in history was coming. Unfortunately that crash has ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a ...

The January inflation reading offered encouraging signs for consumers and the U.S. economy, with the Consumer Price Index coming in below Wall Street expectations and falling to its lowest level in ...

The consumer price index, an inflation barometer, declined to 2.4% in January on an annual basis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's down from 2.7% in December. The numbers appear ...

The latest inflation reading from the Department of Labor has revealed that inflation—while still far from the flat levels touted by President Donald Trump—continues to slow toward its pre-pandemic ...

Consumer prices rose 2.4 percent over the past year and 0.2 percent in January alone, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The latest consumer price index report, which was ...

Inflation remained elevated in January as the pace of consumer price growth stayed above the Federal Reserve's target rate as policymakers weigh affordability concerns. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ...