Public projects like the Louisville VA Medical Center will continue to receive funding thanks to federal spending bills even as some private projects may face financing trouble. Photo by Michael ...

The PCE index, the preferred inflation measure of the Federal Reserve, was reported at 2.1% year-over-year in April, below market expectations of 2.2% and the lowest figure since September 2024. Core ...

The past week has been a whirlwind of economic debates, election predictions, and market uncertainties. From the public dispute between economist Justin Wolfers and Republican vice presidential ...

If President Donald Trump follows through on his campaign pledges to employ tariffs on products produced in China, Canada, Mexico and others, two Valley economists expect inflation to return. “But the ...

Main Street: "Inflation is just like alcoholism," said economist Milton Friedman. "In both cases...the good effects come first, the bad effects only come later." Could there be a lesson here for Joe ...

Inflation may reach 3% if a universal 10% tariff is enacted, pushing core PCE inflation up 0.9-1.2 percentage points. Fed rate cuts could slow as rising inflation and ...

Higher inflation fears gripped financial markets at the end of last week following the latest read on inflation expectations from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. One-year-ahead ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in nine months, with officials judging recent labor-market softness ...

Jerome Powell’s press conferences—sometimes market-moving events—have attracted less notice of late. With Donald Trump in the White House, the chair of the Federal Reserve faces competition for ...

We were surprised when inflation rose. We were surprised when inflation fell. And we were surprised again when inflation stopped falling. The message of all these surprises is that we — including ...

While inflation has cooled almost everywhere, in Russia it is hotting up. Consumer prices rose by 9.5% year on year in December, up from 8.9% the previous month and uncomfortably above the central ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As the presidential campaigns focus on the economic pain caused by inflation, a proposed policy by President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs on all imported goods could ...