Senate Democrats have been insistent about the problem of inflation with President Donald Trump in the White House, but they

Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers’ mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy. Data

Ongoing tariff threats from Washington and potentially sweeping government job cuts have darkened consumers’ mood and may be weighing on an otherwise mostly healthy economy. Data released Wednesday showed that consumers slashed their spending by the most since February 2021,

U.S. consumers cut back sharply on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House could disrupt that progress.

Thomas Ryan, an economist at Capital Economics, attributed the decline in part to “unseasonably severe winter weather,” but warned that the Fed’s job will become “trickier if January’s sharp decline in consumption was a sign of consumer strength buckling.”

A new report out from the Commerce Department shows inflation cooled off slightly last month. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index showed inflation rose 2.5% from the year before, down from December’s 2.

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled as expected in January; however, the good news came with another potential red flag for the US economic engine: Consumers pulled back their spending by the most in nearly four years.

Since President Donald Trump has been back in the White House for over a month, naturally much of the economic focus is on his administration's policies. However, every president inherits the

Inflation in the Federal Reserve’s preferred price gauge eased in January after making steady increases throughout the fall. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased by

Just 1 in 3 people approve of the job President Trump is doing to curb inflation, a survey released Sunday found. Thirty-two percent of respondents in the poll, released Sunday by Reuters and

Sticky inflation risk is still a threat for the bond market, but concern that the US economy is slowing has become the main factor driving Treasury yields lower recently. Click to read.