Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost ...

A number of factors, including a lack of significant gains in auto prices, are masking the extent of the shift.

The June consumer price index will be the latest glimpse into whether tariffs are having an effect on consumer prices.

The U.S. economy has defied dire predictions so far this year. Many economists see growth slowing – and tariff-driven ...

Expectations for widespread price hikes following a wave of new tariffs this year have largely fallen short, surprising economists and fueling claims from tariff defenders that the levies are having ...

WSJ’s Take On the Week co-host Telis Demo talks with Seth Carpenter, Morgan Stanley's chief global economist, about where we ...

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, joins WSJ’s Take On the Week podcast to explain how recent politics is ...

President Trump’s tariffs have yet to reverse the disinflation trend that’s persisted since January, baffling economists and the bearish views that color the consensus narrative.

The independence of central banks, which allows policymakers to operate free from political meddling, is considered ...

Inflation peak: After a string of 40-year highs, will inflation slow down? Some economists think so. Food prices are going up: Here are items predicted to cost a whole lot more at grocery stores.

Despite the surge in inflation in December, many economists are looking for the rate of price increases to ease beginning mid-this year. "December’s increase to 7.0% ...

Economists are getting a dose of humility on forecasting inflation after a resurgent coronavirus, a tenuous global supply network and stimulus-fueled consumers combined to send U.S. prices well ...