The consumer price index in February was expected to show a 2.4% increase from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones ...

On the inflation side, while the most recent consumer data is relatively benign, wholesale prices have been rising and may soon flow into future CPI readings. Last week's Producer Price Index (PPI) ...

As pennies begin to disappear, states are grappling with a "rounding" problem for cash purchases that would have included them in the past.

The nation’s highly anticipated monthly job reports have turned into the boy who cried wolf. Ever since the pandemic, these labor market estimates have been wildly inaccurate and required significant ...

In an age of real-time data, it's inexcusable to be surveying a tiny fraction of total employers every month. Payroll processing firms like ADP and Paychex have a treasure trove of labor market data ...

India’s GDP growth between 2012 and 2023 may have been overstated, with actual expansion closer to 4–4.5% a year than the official estimate of about 6%, says a working paper by Abhishek Anand, Josh Fe ...

UPGD ETF gets a sell rating: flawed analyst-rating screen limits holdings to neutral-to-buy stocks, hurting returns vs.

A Strait of Hormuz closure due to U.S.-Iran war hit the oil market hard, but sectors reliant on shipping across economy from metals to farming are vulnerable.

Southern states rank highest in grocery spending as a share of income, led by Mississippi. Tennessee is not far behind.

From single-family homes to wristwatches to real Pyrex, many staples of the mid-'90s now feel like luxury flex purchases for the average American household.

The rising demand for rent now, pay later underscores America’s deepening affordability problem after years of stagnant wages and higher prices. Many families already face a cash crunch – a situation ...

First, rising tensions in the Middle East have driven up oil prices, creating the risk of imported inflation. Due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil ...