Discover the causes and signs of an overheated economy, explore its impact on inflation and employment, and learn about historical examples like the Great Recession.

Millions of Americans braced for runaway inflation in response to President Trump's aggressive import tariffs. They're still ...

If the president had gotten his way, inflation would surely be rocketing again, the economy would be overheating and the Fed ...

Today’s Consumer Price Index once again suggests that inflation is on the rise, with a 0.5 percent month-over-month price rise in January and a 4.5 percent annualized rate since the presidential ...

In a surprising turn of events, the annual inflation rate plummeted to 2.7% last month, catching many economists off guard.

Discover how the sacrifice ratio measures the cost of changing inflation on economic production and output, including its role in fiscal policy decisions.

America stayed afloat during the pandemic thanks to a $5 trillion avalanche of money transferred from the government back to ...

America’s cost-of-living problem is simple math: Inflation spiked several years ago and paychecks haven’t had enough time to catch up. The latest jobs report revealed Tuesday that the problem got even ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said at a conference Friday that President Donald Trump's tariffs are likely to increase inflation and slow economic growth, saying the central bank will do what it ...

Inflation appeared nearly defeated just a few months ago, but price hikes started accelerating again, led in particular by rising egg prices and fuel costs. A nation that has grown weary of inflation ...

Housing is not special. That is, real estate and houses are not outside the laws of economics (i.e., scarcity, etc.). That said, each economic good necessarily offers something unique (otherwise it ...