Inflation indexes are driving the effective capital gains tax rate to 50% or higher, former Reagan economist Art Laffer warns on 'Kudlow' with host Larry Kudlow. Laffer argues that indexing capital ...

Former Reagan economist Art Laffer joins Larry Kudlow to discuss the devastating impact of inflation on capital gains taxes. Laffer warns that inflation can push the effective tax rate to 50% or more, ...

Republicans may have only one more chance to pass major legislation this year, and one question is whether they’ll include any economic reform worth the effort. One idea would be to index the ...

Inflation cooled a bit last month as gasoline and grocery prices fell. Consumer prices in July were up 3.4% from a year ago, according to a report Wednesday from the Labor Department. That's a smaller ...

Is the government lying to us about how high inflation really is? Many financial advisers report hearing this question from their clients. And the concern is understandable, since the consumer-price ...

But prices still rose. In fact, the 3.5% annual inflation rate for June was higher than the inflation rate in any month of 2025. Inflation is complicated. Prices can be down for the month, as they ...

Inflation eased to 3.5% in June, primarily thanks to energy prices that briefly fell after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in a bid to end the ongoing war. From May, consumer ...

High gas prices pushed annual inflation to the highest level in three years, according to May data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the ...

Inflation ticked higher in May as American consumers continued to face elevated fuel prices amid the Iran war's impact on the energy market and across the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...

Economists expect a key inflation gauge set to be released on Wednesday to show that U.S. consumer prices in May rose at their fastest pace in more than three years. The Consumer Price Index is ...

The first inflation report under new Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh shows consumer prices in April were at their highest level in almost three years. The personal consumption expenditures price ...