Most economic indicators show that the explosion in artificial intelligence infrastructure spending is having a positive effect on the U.S economy. U.S. gross domestic product rose at an annual rate ...

Consumer prices surged 3.8% in April from a year ago. That's according to data released today from the Department of Labor. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It's the highest annual reading since May 2023, and it ...

Some of us are old enough to recall very high interest rates during the late 1970s/early 1980s. For example, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 11.2 percent in 1979, increased to 16.63 percent in ...

Tariffs are usually applied to imported goods—but in an interconnected economy, their effects can be felt in the prices of other goods and services. Estimates using data across multiple advanced ...

Inflation is one of the economy’s most important vital signs and one of the subtlest to measure. The CPI inflation rate—the 12-month change in the consumer-price index—gets most of the attention. But ...

Chile's central bank held its rate at 4.5% while warning inflation risks have risen. Here is what that means for prices, copper exporters and US investors.

Inflation, an increase in the general money price level (“nominal inflation”), causes substantial concern across households, boardrooms, legislative chambers, and central banks alike. It erodes the ...