SURGING fuel prices, along with increased transport costs, pushed inflation to a three-year high of 7.2 percent in April, the ...

If you ever find yourself in a local kitchen in Addis Ababa, don’t be surprised if you see a chicken being blown up like a ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday, May 8, signed into law a $46.8 billion state budget that cuts healthcare spending but ...

President Donald Trump’s economy has reached a point where it is impacting an institution upon which countless Americans rely ...

The standard process requires that utilities apply for the funds, which are then awarded based on need. Multiple failed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Specialist in global markets, economics and alternative investments. The January inflation report brought comforting news for ...

Job listings in the United States in 2021 grew plentiful while unemployment was low. To many policymakers and academics, the labor market looked hot. In a working paper published with the National ...

Fast-rising oil prices sent US businesses’ costs higher in March, lifting wholesale inflation to 4%, the highest annual rate in three years, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released ...

The Consumer Price Index is the most commonly used measure of inflation in the United States. The CPI for all items increased by 0.9% in March 2026, on a seasonally adjusted basis, as reported by the ...

Inflation has made life much more expensive, and more than half of Americans believe the situation will get worse in 2025. People across the country are struggling to pay for essentials like housing, ...

Conventional headline inflation statistics are reported on a trailing annual basis, which makes them lagging indicators even in the best of times. Given the uncertainty that Donald Trump has ...

Washington and Tehran are locked in a tense stand-off over both the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Despite a ...