Economic cycles dictate stock performance; growth sectors excel during expansion, while defensive sectors shine in recessions. Top growth sectors: Technology, Real Estate, Consumer Discretionary, ...

Inflation may have slowed last year, but it continued to deal heavy blows — some devastating — on Americans’ livelihoods: Nearly two-thirds of US adults were worse off because of it, and roughly 1 in ...

The Biden era's high inflation has been terrible for the economy and the country generally. But did it save us from a more permanent progressive takeover of federal government policy? That's the ...

Wonder Land: In 2016 they lay down in the street to stop traffic. In 2024 they had cookies and milk. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters/Mark Wilson/Getty Images Inflation is remaking America—again. It looms ...

The New York Times reports that the Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles “goes dark at night now. So do stretches of the busy 405 freeway and dozens of street blocks across the city.” Times reporter ...

David A. Steinberg is an associate professor of international political economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. His research focuses on the politics of international ...

The latest inflation figure is released each month. What is inflation and how does it impact your personal finances?

If President Donald Trump follows through on his campaign pledges to employ tariffs on products produced in China, Canada, Mexico and others, two Valley economists expect inflation to return. “But the ...

The Federal Reserve is facing an increasingly difficult economic environment as it tries to keep the economy on track and get inflation to return to normal levels after sweeping tariffs rolled out ...

The details of such a plan are still unclear, but some economists say sending payments to consumers could be inflationary.