Money is key to markets, enabling trade and economic calculation. Its value, its purchasing power, is eroded by inflation, which benefits the connected at the expense of savers.

The decision to boost the bounty to double what the U.S. offered regarding the capture of Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 ...

Last year, Donald Trump exploited the perception that the economy was bad, even though many indicators were good. Is it ...

Jack Ablin, chief investment strategist of Cresset, likes founder CEOs, private-market assets, and dividend-paying companies.

Francis Fukuyama warns Trump’s moves could erode institutional independence—and business leaders won’t feel it until it’s too ...

"Congress should create an independent bureau of statistics, separate from all political departments, to produce trustworthy ...

The American dollar has hit its rock bottom, at least since the Nixon days. The dollar is experiencing its worst value since ...

For background, contemplate a recent New York Times opinion piece by former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet ...

Jefferson’s gunboats, Nixon’s inflation-busting, created Trump’s $9 billion in rescissions By Sid Salter Columnist Jul 26, 2025 0 ...

Consumers think prices will remain relatively steady over the next year but fear long-term increases, surveys show.

The only glaring exception was when Richard Nixon was president and appointed his friend Arthur Burns as Fed chair. To help stoke the economy and sway the 1972 election, the Burns-led Fed ignored the ...

Columnist Sid Salter says Trump’s plan to make funding cuts at NPB, NPR, and USAID is a rare presidential move, but certainly ...