The economist has shared with associates his view that the American fiscal and economic situations would be worryingly fragile even without a war.

The consumer price index rose 3% on an annual basis in September 2025. Economists said the Trump administration’s tariff agenda could raise consumer prices more in the months ahead. Without any other ...

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The Iran war has pushed up gasoline, airline fares and other prices for consumers.

Bueller? Bueller? It is time for a quick little economic lesson. The price increases we are getting ready to see are not inflation, they are are public policy driven. A side effect of President ...

Bill Phillips was an outsider to economics, but he used a machine and a chart to change the way we think about the government ...

Discover how demand-pull inflation drives prices up when demand surpasses supply and learn about its causes and how it ...

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter – a sharp drop from the 4.4% of the prior period, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Economists had expected a gain ...

Optimism among U.S. CPA decision-makers in February improved when compared with the outlook in November, but overall sentiment remains guarded. That’s one conversation topic in the latest Journal of ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday he is optimistic about the economic outlook and expects inflation to wane, but it is unclear by how much. “My outlook for the ...

The International Monetary Fund expects the Iran war to slow the global economy and raise inflation. NPR's Michel Martin discusses the forecast with Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist.