Headline GDP and inflation figures are sending mixed signals as the United States heads into 2026. Growth looks surprisingly ...

Wages aren’t rising fast enough to counter still rising prices.

Taken together, the mainstream consensus for 2026 is a “slow‑growth, cooling‑but‑not‑cold” economy: moderate real GDP growth, ...

After decades of quiescence, inflation surged in 2021 and 2022. The annualized Consumer Price Index increased from about 1.5% to over 9%. The CPI has cooled off since, but prices today are 21% higher ...

Inflation fell in September as lower gasoline prices combined with other waning price pressures in areas such as housing to bring relief to consumers' wallets, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...