All of these factors have worked together to push inflation to its highest levels in decades. For most readers over the age of 50, this needs little explanation. We had rampant inflation in the ...

Inflation at its highest rate over a period is said to have peaked. During the Great Inflation of 1965–1982, inflation was thought to have peaked in 1970, only to have reached a higher rate in ...

Not every monthly inflation report is created equally. In an economy with price pressures, January has packed a bigger punch. Price hikes in recent years have been exceptionally strong in the ...

Markets seem to be finding an “equilibrium” in a strong U.S. economy, after Treasury bond rates climbed Wednesday as traders ...

As a very simplistic, ground-level explanation, that fits ... do something that has been seen as nearly impossible: beat back inflation without sending the economy into a recession — the ...

Inflation heated up more than expected in January, as prices for groceries, housing and energy all rose for Americans in early 2025, complicating President Donald Trump’s agenda. A key gauge of ...

The definition of maximum employment, on the other hand, is a lot murkier. “There is not an explicit target for unemployment like there is for inflation,” said Stockwell. “But to keep ...

Surprisingly high inflation in January. Hungary's inflation reading for January was an extraordinary and unpleasant surprise.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has explained why Nigeria’s headline inflation rate dropped to 24.48 percent in January 2025 after rebasing.The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief ...