Annual inflation reached 3% in September, marking a six-month streak during which price increases accelerated. That means your living costs aren’t just rising, they’re rising faster as more tariff ...

Learn the differences between nominal and real interest rates, their effects on loans and investments, and how they influence economic trends and purchasing power.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that Americans will feel substantial relief on affordability issues during a “bountiful” 2026, when inflation will drop and real wages will rise. “There ...

Persistent 3-4% inflation is likely the new normal, driven by labor shortages, housing supply constraints, energy bottlenecks, and fiscal dominance. Equities and hard assets like gold, bitcoin, and ...

The debate over how far to cut interest rates while inflation remains above target has pushed inflation measurement back to the center of monetary policy. What once seemed like a technical concern has ...

“Today’s expectation-beating CPI report proves that President Trump has defeated Joe Biden’s inflation crisis: overall inflation fell, and real wages grew by $1,400 in President Trump’s first year in ...

Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that over the year to December, wages grew by 3.4%.