President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.

Inflation is heating up The latest snapshot of prices, released Wednesday, shows an unexpected rise in inflation last month. Trump succeeded Joe Biden as president on Jan. 20.

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 31, 2024, Section B, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: From Inflation to Bitcoin, 9 Charts That Explain 2024.

Growth in U.S. hourly earnings trended downward in 2023 alongside cooling inflation, as defined by the consumer-price index. December average hourly earnings rose 0.4% from November levels, and 4. ...

Backlogged supply chains have left ships — and the imports they carry — stuck outside key U.S. ports. Inflation has driven up the cost of everyday items and prices aren’t easing.

Consumer sentiment started to rise in the year after the pandemic but tumbled in 2021 and 2022 as inflation took hold of the economy. Since June 2022, the consumer sentiment index has generally ...

Here's a look at how core CPI tracks with the federal funds rate and the S&P 500: In July's CPI report, shelter prices contributed the most to inflation. It's up 7.7% Y/Y, but that's down from 7.8 ...

Global media inflation—the rising cost of advertising across the world—is expected to be slightly lower in 2024 compared with 2023, according to recent research from ECI Media Management. The report ...

India's retail inflation dropped to a six-year low of 3.2% in April 2025, driven by falling food prices, but rising core inflation and a spike in gold and coconut oil prices signal caution for ...