On the other hand, those workers out building houses are disproportionately foreign-born, including many ...

President Donald Trump took office with a promise to “immediately bring prices down.” But conquering inflation is tricky, and ...

Gold is historically the best inflation hedge, currently in a bull market with strong potential returns, making it a top ...

As I've written repeatedly in recent months, the U.S. stock market is extremely overvalued, with an expected return over the next decade that is well below the rate of inflation. Bonds also appear to ...

U.S. inflation expectations have surged over the past few months, and this has been a bullish driver for gold and silver.

Hedge funds would seem to be the answer. They specialize in opportunistically moving between various asset classes. In theory, they should easily outperform both stocks and bonds. Unfortunately, the ...

Here’s what Wednesday’s inflation report means for your wallet and how it could impact the Fed’s next interest rate decision.

So far in the 2025 inflation battle, the Federal Reserve is losing. Bird flu continued to wreak havoc on food prices in ...

The latest Consumer Price Index report shows inflation ticked up to 3% in January from a year ago, a slight rise from the previous month.

The consumer price index rose 3% on the year in January 2025. Economists worry that broad disinflation is over, even as ...

The Fed lowered its key interest rate by a total percentage point at three meetings late last year but held it steady in late January as inflation remained stuck just below 3%. Wednesday’s report on ...

We try, anyway. A big question mark is whether Trump is just playing what he thinks is a negotiating game. He said the steel ...