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The 2026 increase is slightly larger than this year’s 2.5 percent raise but still marks the second smallest adjustment since 2021, underscoring how far inflation has fallen from its pandemic-era highs. The annual COLA reached 8.7 percent in 2023, the highest in four decades, before slipping to 3.2 percent in 2024.

The St. Louis Federal Reserve released a study claiming that Trump’s tariffs added roughly 0.5 percentage points to consumer inflation. There’s just one problem: the study didn’t actually show that.

Household energy bills are rising in the UK and will keep climbing even if wholesale electricity prices fall, suppliers have warned.

Takaichi Sanae won leadership of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), positioning her to become Japan’s first female prime minister.

The Labor Department said it would suspend publication of the monthly jobs report and other major economic data if the government shuts down, including the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index, cutting off critical information for businesses, investors and

The prices of goods affected by tariffs fell in August, crushing the hopes of everyone at the Cato Institute.

Core inflation slowed down in August,  the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge showed Friday, suggesting President Trump’s tariffs are not creating significant price pressures for American households.

Federal Reserve officials are sharply divided over how aggressively to cut interest rates, with some warning that the central bank risks falling dangerously behind in addressing a deteriorating labor market while others remain focused on stubborn inflation that has persisted well above target for more than four years.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) stated that “People are struggling, and it’s because of multiple factors, but high interest rates, they need to come down. A quarter point

Welcome to the inaugural Friday Wrap, our weekly survey of the economy, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the bureaucrats who pretend they can read the future by staring at spreadsheets.

Once again, the consumer price index has failed to deliver the tariff-inflation spiral that economists and the media have promised.

Inflation rose in August but there was no evidence of broad tariff pass-through to consumers.

The August producer price report delivered yet another blow to the doomsayers who predicted President Donald Trump’s tariffs would ignite inflation.

Prices paid to U.S. businesses unexpectedly fell in August, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and undercutting claims that the Trump administration’s tariffs would cause inflation to pick up.

For two years in a row, the cheerleaders of Bidenomics assured us that any discontent was in our heads—a trick of bad vibes and social media. It turns out the voters were right, and the official statistics were wrong.

Trump’s immigration enforcement has delivered something rare in American politics: a policy that does exactly what its supporters promised.

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book reveals the hidden mechanism dampening inflation pass-through from tariffs.

The United States is experiencing lower goods inflation than most of its international peers despite a modest recent increase, according to a new analysis from the Council of Economic Advisers that seeks to counter claims that trade policies are fueling higher prices.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is running misleading and counterintuitive ads blaming Republicans for inflation ahead of Labor Day, using foreign stock footage of an Asian beer brand and passing it off as an American beverage.

Inflation held steady in July, with the Federal Reserve’s preferred price gauge showing a slight deceleration in cost pressures and defying predictions from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell that tariffs would push up consumer prices.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the average American worker has seen a $500 wage increase this year and blue-collar wages are rising at the highest rate in six decades.

America’s factories are humming, demand is solid, and prices are rising alongside precautionary inventories. The Fed’s theory inflation “lag theory” doesn’t explain this.

By the time Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell climbs the stage at Jackson Hole this Friday, the familiar choreography will be missing one element: consensus.

Inflation and prices still reign as the top issue of importance for Americans, according to the latest weekly survey from the Economist/YouGov.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt laid out on Tuesday why “panicans” are wrong in their doubt of President Donald Trump when it comes to the economy, as wages continue to outpace inflation. 

Speaking with Breitbart News Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent broke down how official inflation numbers understate the economic pain felt by working class Americans, pointing to steep price hikes in essentials like rent, used cars, and insurance and laying out how the Trump administration plans to reverse the damage.

On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore stated that “inflation is moderate,” and that’s especially true “given the fact that we have these trade deals coming. That will alleviate any higher price pressure

The Federal Reserve’s latest FOMC minutes offer a peek into the mind of an institution trying to explain why its insistence that tariffs would trigger inflation keeps misfiring.

The Democrat party tried to skewer President Donald Trump on grocery prices in a social media post on Thursday, but its attempt failed.

During an interview on CBS News on Tuesday, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) argued that economic indices on the stock market, employment, and inflation are just being made up by the Trump administration and “what they’re reporting are just numbers and

President Donald Trump’s economy is showing strong signs 6 months into his presidency, according to numerous key National Economic Council data points shared with Breitbart News. 

The monolithic thinking about tariffs and inflation at the Fed has been shattered, as Fed Governor Chris Waller shows leadership by breaking with Jerome Powell.

Waller says that tariffs will not create lasting inflation and the Fed should cut at its meeting later this month.

U.S. import prices rose modestly in June, suggesting little evidence of inflationary pressure from foreign-sourced goods, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The import price index increased 0.1 percent last month, following a downwardly revised

During an interview with CBS News on Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stated that “the topline numbers look good” in the economy but “if Donald Trump doesn’t change direction, he’s going to blow this economy up.” Warren said, “So, I’ll

The June Producer Price Index (PPI) delivered another blow to the inflation hawks who insist tariffs are driving up prices.