The current inflation rate in the USA is 5 percent, significantly down from its June 2022 apex of 9.1 percent. Yet, given that this rate is more than two basis points higher than the Federal Reserve’s ...
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Making Sense of Inflation

The economic force is often seen as a barometer for a nation's mood and health. But have we misunderstood it all along?
Inflation is 'running at about the same pace as in the last report' The U.S. economy grew slightly faster in the early spring and businesses added more workers, a Federal Reserve survey found, but ...
Here’s another data point that gold and other things that are supposed to trade up when inflation spikes are in a bubble: The prices of books about hyperinflation are themselves hyperinflated (from ...
The Federal Reserve’s an anecdotal look at the economy shows a sputtering job market and moderate inflation in November.
We find ourselves at a rather curious moment in conservative intellectual life, witnessing what can only be described as an increasingly pronounced divide between those who practice economics and ...
The U.S. economy slowed in November while inflation also tapered off, according to a Federal Reserve survey, suggesting the central bank could be finished raising interest rates if those trends ...
On books, whose beliefs matter more? When I read the article “‘It’s a small number of people who are very loud’: Local libraries grapple with book challenges, bans” (Aug. 22, TribLIVE), I was somewhat ...
NFIB's small business survey showed that the percentage of small businesses raising prices or intending to raise prices are on downtrend. Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday stuck with his rhetoric ...