Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost ...

A number of factors, including a lack of significant gains in auto prices, are masking the extent of the shift.

The U.S. economy has defied dire predictions so far this year. Many economists see growth slowing – and tariff-driven ...

Economists say it will take time for the effects of trade policies to show up in economic data — but acknowledge they aren’t ...

The June consumer price index will be the latest glimpse into whether tariffs are having an effect on consumer prices.

WSJ’s Take On the Week co-host Telis Demo talks with Seth Carpenter, Morgan Stanley's chief global economist, about where we ...

A fresh report on Tuesday marked two consecutive months of rising inflation. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June compared to a ...

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, joins WSJ’s Take On the Week podcast to explain how recent politics is ...

Leading economists react to June’s Consumer Price Index report, which showed that inflation was largely in line with expectations, while speculating on what this means for Federal Reserve policy and ...

The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered ...

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Despite the surge in inflation in December, many economists are looking for the rate of price increases to ease beginning mid-this year. "December’s increase to 7.0% ...