Just offstage is one other peril. In recent years, the financial economy has become highly overleveraged, the result of low interest rates combined with vanishing financial regulation. Our colleague ...

Analytical chapters of the April 2026 World Economic Outlook will be released on April 8 at 9:00 AM ET. The main chapter and ...

An inflation measure closely followed by the Federal Reserve increased 0.3% in January, as the annual pace slowed to 2.8%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. The core personal consumption ...

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.4% in the fourth quarter – a sharp drop from the 4.4% of the prior period, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Economists had expected a gain ...

A key inflation report due Friday has gained new significance after a string of economic data shifted the outlook for a Fed rate cut. Several reports showed the economy is stronger than experts ...

A new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examined the impact of tariffs on the economy based on historical examples, finding that the effect of import taxes on inflation and ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it expects to cut rates once in 2026 while officials anticipate faster economic growth and hotter inflation this year than previously forecast. The central bank's ...

US economic growth drastically slowed and the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge heated up at the end of 2025 – complicating the path to more interest rate cuts, economic reports indicated Friday. Gross ...

The last time inflation was low and largely invisible was in 2021. The Fed hasn't hit its 2% target since then. The last time U.S. inflation was below 2%, Tom Brady was the reigning Super Bowl MVP as ...

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Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...