Inflation concerns are growing as new consumer price numbers show the cost of living is rising.

The latest jobs report shows that, as inflation has risen during the Iran War, wage growth has continued to slide. Wages are now growing at the slowest pace in more than five years.

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The U.S. economy in August added 162,000 jobs, far more than expected. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected overall hiring of just 53,000 ...

Huiyu Li, research advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, shared views on the current economy and the outlook from the Economic Research Department as of September 3, 2026. The U.S.

GST collections rose nearly 15%, UPI volume crossed 24 billion for the first time, while strong vehicle sales pointed to resilient consumption ...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Annual U.S. inflation held steady in July well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target for the 65th straight ⁠month, and ⁠the unexpected pause in the decline from a recent war-induced ...

The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller indices posted a 1.5% annual gain in home prices in June, but just a 0.1% monthly increase. While the year-over-year figure represented a slight uptick, the monthly trend ...

Budgets in major cities across Texas, including El Paso, are growing faster than increases in population and inflation. A new study from the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) found that increases ...

Signs of inflation weariness are starting to appear at some of the nation’s most important retail giants, raising doubts about how long consumers can keep up strong spending. On Thursday, Walmart, one ...

A gauge of future economic growth moved up in July, pushing the six-month performance of the Conference Board’s leading economic index into positive territory. The index increased 0.2% in July to 99.5 ...

When prices spiked in 2021-22, wages failed to keep up for many workers, new research shows. Now the pattern is repeating. By Ben Casselman Ben Casselman is the chief economics correspondent.