Gas Prices Force Many to Rethink Driving, and Spending
As summer trips beckon, some are traveling less, at least by car. And those candy bars at the convenience store ...
Tag: Inflation (Economics)
Income and Spending Rose Less Than Prices in May
Americans’ income and spending failed to keep pace with rising prices in May, the latest sign that the fastest inflation ...
Pessimism about the economy is growing, a U.S. poll shows.
Americans are becoming more pessimistic about the economy, more worried about inflation — and now, more anxious about the job ...
Why Coupons Are Harder to Find Than Ever
Jill Cataldo is a master of coupons.She began cutting them out to save a dollar here and 50 cents there ...
Highest Mortgage Rates Since 2008 Housing Crisis Cool Sales
As the Federal Reserve tries to fight high inflation, costly mortgage rates have begun to price people out of the ...
Fed Confronts a ‘New World’ of Inflation
Central banks had a longstanding playbook for how inflation worked. In the postpandemic era, all bets are off.Federal Reserve officials ...
Why the Fed Is Risking a Recession
Home sales are flagging and the rest of the economy is expected to slow, maybe sharply, as rates increase. Why ...
Inflation Complicates Biden’s Deliberations on Student Loan Forgiveness
The president is trying to balance his campaign promise to cancel thousands of dollars in student debt for tens of ...
Inflation Expected to Remain High Even as Economy Slows and Layoffs Rise
Kat Johnston didn’t expect the pandemic to make her less stressed about her finances. After all, she temporarily lost her ...
The Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points to Tackle Inflation
The Federal Reserve took its most aggressive step yet to try to tame rapid and persistent inflation, raising interest rates ...
