Inflation eased slightly in April to an annual rate of 8.3 percent, down from an annual rate of 8.5 percent in March, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...
Supply-chain disruptions, pandemic unpredictability, and war have sent inflation to levels not seen since the early 1980s. Higher prices for essentials like food, housing, and gas are making life more ...
Inflation is one of the biggest enemies of long-term investors. But to get a handle on its true impact, you have to make sure you calculate it correctly not just month to month or year to year but ...
It’s easy to get stuck in our spending habits. We don’t give them much thought and they become automatic. There’s nothing wrong with spending your money, but if you want to spend more mindfully, it ...
If you’ve checked the news even once over the past few months (or tried to buy basically anything), you know the United States is currently dealing with a bit of an inflation problem. Compared to this ...
If you’ve been paying even passing attention to inflation—and it has been hard to ignore—you know that the latest inflation readings have been ugly. Through August 2022, the Consumer Price Index ...
Another month, another record-setting leap in prices. Inflation hit a fresh 40-year high in January as a drop in energy costs wasn’t enough to offset a steady march upward for staples such as food, ...
• April is Financial Literacy Month in Bermuda and in the United States and the UK features Financial Awareness Days in April and May (Canada’s Financial Literacy Month is November). • I am hosting a ...
Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, jumped into the debate about excluding food and energy from inflation calculations by discussing in a speech today his bank's ...
The $739B measure will immediately impact people's wallets. The Inflation Reduction Act, a $739 billion measure signed into law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, levies a 15% minimum tax on large ...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Alas, the answer is unclear, in part because the Federal Reserve does its inflation ...