Browsing: Inflation (Economics)
A solid labor market has for months given the Federal Reserve comfort that it could hold off on interest rate…
One hundred days of President Trump. Seventy days of whipsaw trading in financial markets. Thirty three days of losses. More…
Trump’s price war At a rally in Michigan last night, President Trump declared that “we’re ending the inflation nightmare.” But…
It is in a president’s interest to ensure that the economy and the stock market are strong. Yet the Trump…
Stock market gyrations. Inflation. Layoffs of federal workers. A possible recession.Children may overhear their parents talking about these things and…
Federal Reserve officials have had one clear message since President Trump sharply escalated the global trade war this month. Keeping…
Inflation cooled unexpectedly sharply in March, a welcome development given the uncertainties surrounding President Trump’s global tariffs that are widely…
President Trump’s global trade war has significantly raised the bar for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, as tariffs…
The notion that the Federal Reserve will rush in to rescue investors in a crisis has comforted investors for decades.…
Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, warned that President Trump’s tariffs risk stoking even higher inflation and slower…