inflation

Economists sounded surprised recently when inflation remained above expectations for the third straight month, likely keeping interest rates elevated for the foreseeable future. If they looked in Washington’s direction, they shouldn’t be.…

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After the economy created a higher-than-expected number of jobs in March, analysts continued asking a persistent question: Why do Americans remain so sour about the nation’s economy? Several days later, the release of inflation numbers that…

Margaret Sullivan, a corporate media veteran who now enjoys a cushy gig at Columbia Journalism School, complained during a Monday webinar that voters are irrationally concerned about the economy while suggesting instead that the…

In the latest attempt to make the president appear to have a beating heart, Joe Biden’s campaign has supplied him and his surrogates a joke to repeat. It goes like this: Americans are poorer now— and so is Donald Trump! Get it?! I promise…

You wouldn’t know it from White House press releases, but Americans are paying roughly 45 percent more at the pump now than before President Joe Biden first took office. Anyone looking to take a quick weekend getaway or spring break outing…

President Joe Biden’s angry address to the country Thursday night exhibited yet again why Americans have a “crisis of confidence” in the Biden administration. After a late start to his State of the Union speech, Biden urged Americans to…

Spare some crocodile tears for Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She finally discovered one of the basic principles of economics — in an election year and at a time when said principles are proving politically inconvenient to her and her Democratic…

The Washington Post wants voters to believe that grocery stores, not President Joe Biden’s inflationary policies, are to blame for Americans’ continued concern about rising food prices. For three years, the propaganda press joined the…

Residents in the Golden State are learning a basic yet painful lesson in economics: If you tax something, you get less of it. That’s the upshot of reports from over the holidays that California restaurants have begun furloughing workers in…