Stocks tipped higher to start a holiday-shortened week of trading highlighted by Fed minutes and Walmart earnings.

One measure of the equity risk premium - the extra return investors can expect for stocks - dropped below zero in December for the first time since the aftermath of the dot-com bubble in 2002.

President Trump vowed on the campaign trail to lower inflation. WSJ asked a former Federal Reserve vice chair to break down the president’s available inflation-fighting tools. Photo Illustration ...

Separately, nearly 40% said a recessionary trade war is the biggest "tail risk," ahead of inflation that leads to Fed rate hikes and the potential of an AI bubble. Builders are feeling less ...

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 ...

A recent survey by WalletHub, the personal finance site, found that most Americans don’t think their bank accounts are keeping up with inflation. And a CBS poll found that two-thirds of ...

The consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.5 percent in January to hit an annual increase of 3.0 percent after advancing by 2.9 percent in December. Economists were expecting the CPI to ...

Home prices across the country are still rising at a faster clip than overall inflation, causing sticker shock for house hunters like the Kataskas. Shelter inflation, which is a measure of the ...

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 ...

US stock markets wobbled and gold hit fresh highs Tuesday as traders kept a nervous eye on US President Donald Trump's next tariff moves and worried about inflation and interest rates. European ...