Inflation is finally cooling after a bruising stretch of price spikes, and on the surface that sounds like unqualified good news. Yet history suggests that when inflation plunges quickly, it can be a ...

Learn the critical differences between inflation and stagflation. Understand how each impacts prices, economic growth, and employment to make informed financial decisions.

Consumer prices rose 6.5% last month compared to a year ago, extending a monthslong slowdown of price hikes and bolstering hopes that the U.S. can avert a recession. Year-over-year inflation has ...

Economists see slightly slower U.S. inflation this year after the U.S. and China reached a temporary trade agreement, which also helped reduce odds of a recession in the near term. Forecasters in the ...

Growing up during the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, only to graduate into a pandemic and now face inflation and housing instability, Gen Z is hyper-aware that a recession could be around the ...

President Donald Trump’s aggressive economic policies will likely significantly slow U.S. growth and push up inflation but stop short of causing a recession or “stagflation” – the dire scenarios that ...

The US-China trade deal delays an imminent recession, possibly into the end of 2025, or early 2026, although there are other policies that could cause a recession. Inflation data still do not show any ...

Effective leaders around the world are recalibrating their approaches to 2026 salary planning in response to a shifting economic landscape and inflation.