WASHINGTON — The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier picture even as the economy enters a challenging phase of ...

The central bank confronts “no risk-free path” in balancing the risks of a sharp slowdown in the labor market and resurgent price pressures. By Colby Smith Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve is doing a difficult balancing act, trying to tamp down inflation while lifting up the job market, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. “There is no risk-free path for policy as we ...

Former President Barack Obama scolded Hispanic voters during a conversation with podcast host and comedian Marc Maron published Monday for supporting President Donald Trump in 2024 due to inflation ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Trump says inflation has been ‘defeated,’ but consumer prices rose 2.9% in August, above the Fed’s 2% target.

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Americans can look forward to bigger standard deductions on their 2026 taxes and higher standard deductions on their 2025 taxes, thanks to inflation and the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. On ...

Some people think they won’t live long enough to collect Social Security. That should be the least of their worries. I am 66 and working full time. I’d rather be retired. I did retire at 61, in ...

Without committing to another rate cut, Susan Collins says she expects inflation to moderate once tariffs work their way through the economy PROVIDENCE — Consumer spending has helped US economic ...

The IRS on Thursday provided annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions for tax year 2026 and increases to the standard deduction for tax year 2025 as prescribed in H.R. 1, P.L.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is calling back some employees to produce the Consumer Price Index for September. That data is needed to calculate the annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social ...