Typically expressed as a percentage that indicates a year-over-year rate of growth, the inflation rate gives you a quick and ready measure of the changing purchasing power of consumers and businesses.

President Donald Trump’s formula for calculating tariffs, detailed in a statement from the United States Trade Representative ...

The inflation rate remained above 3% in early 2024. Since early 2022, inflation has been the Federal Reserve’s primary economic challenge. To address this, the Federal Open Market Committee ...

Inflation cooled in March, but economists expect prices to reaccelerate as some of President Trump's tariffs kick in.

Originally created by mathematician Luca Pacioli in 1494, the Rule of 72 is a simplified way to determine how many years it ...

Jerome H. Powell warned that President Trump’s tariffs could lead to a “challenging scenario” for the central bank.