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A Goldilocks Inflation Moment, Tariffs And All
Despite high inflation expectations, price pressures have steadily cooled, with May’s CPI at just 2.4%. This suggests public ...
Inflation is bucking tariff fears, but the Fed likely won’t cut rates, as Trump wants. Here’s why
The U.S. economy has been full of surprises since the Federal Reserve started rapidly raising interest rates to quell ...
Why Americans haven’t felt the brunt of Trump’s tariffs — yet
Amid all this, Trump has, as usual, been pressuring the Fed and its chair, Jerome Powell, to lower interest rates. Vice ...
Fed to keep rates steady as tariffs, possible oil shock counter inflation data
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady next week, with investors focused on new central bank ...
Tariff Panic: 3 Common Tariff-Related Fears and What You Can Do About Them
Americans are growing increasingly concerned about the effect tariffs will have on their finances. Look at their ...
U.S. Inflation Remains Muted, With Limited Effects From Tariffs
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.4 percent in May, from a year earlier, a reading that reflects only the initial impact of ...
CPI report reveals inflation crept higher in May as tariff impact was tamer than expected
Inflation moved up in May as Trump's tariffs threatened to filter into consumer prices, CPI report shows. Gasoline prices ...
Your Social Security check could rise 2.5% in 2026, but inflation and tariffs are still concerns
The forecasts could change again before the formal COLA announcement in October if higher U.S. tariffs cause prices to ...
Inflation rose less than expected last month despite Trump’s tariffs
Inflation rose less than expected in May, a month when the effects of higher tariffs were starting to become more widespread.
Americans Size Up if Tariffs Are Really Behind Price Hikes
Months into the rollout of President Trump’s slew of tariffs, consumers are making spending decisions in a haze of confusion ...