Consumers turned even more pessimistic about jobs and inflation in a well-regarded economic survey conducted in December.

Consumer sentiment is starting 2026 on shaky ground, with concerns over inflation and jobs weighing on Americans' minds.

The 2% inflation target was set arbitrarily decades ago and may no longer fit today's economic realities. Persistently aiming for 2% inflation is increasingly difficult due to higher liquidity, larger ...

Inflation in the United States ticked up in October, driven by costlier rents, used cars and air fares, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after having slowed in September to their ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hit records on Friday after an update on inflation came in a bit less painful than feared. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and topped its prior all-time high, which was set earlier ...

Consumer prices rose faster than economists forecasted last month for the first time since March, posing a potential obstacle to the yearslong fight to return to 2% inflation. President Joe Biden ...

Progress in the fight to tame pandemic-era inflation appears to have stalled out in October, despite lower prices at the gasoline pump and a moderation in other consumer staples such as groceries.

A Media Matters analysis of three months of economic news coverage from corporate broadcast evening, prime-time cable, and printed news from top newspapers by circulation revealed a lack of in-depth ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. In a prime-time White House address, President Donald Trump told the nation that his 11 months in office have brought historic improvements to American ...