The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

RIP Jimmy Carter, the 'Passionless' President

The libertarian case for the late Jimmy Carter.

Reason · Dec 29, 2024

Skyrocketing prices are an age-old problem. Here’s how Roman emperors battled runaway inflation

Therefore, who would not know that effrontery hijacks the public interest? […] It ratchets up the prices of things for sale, not fourfold or eightfold but so much that the human tongue’s reckoning cannot untangle what to call the accounting and the deed!

The Conversation · Dec 29, 2024

People have been saving more, thanks to pay growth and cooling inflation, but they need to feel the benefits

While Labour’s critics are circling, pay growth is resilient and inflation is cooling

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024

Top 3 ETFs to Hedge Against Inflation in 2025

Inflation has the potential to erode investment portfolios—three ETFs may help investors to protect against a potential increase in inflation in 2025.

MarketBeat · Dec 28, 2024

Trump versus trade: the global economic outlook for 2025 in five charts

Unpredictable change will sweep through America, while old problems, from war to inflation, are likely to afflict other countries

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2024

Treasury Secretary Yellen Warns Of Impending Debt Ceiling Crisis

Treasury Secretary Yellen warns of impending debt ceiling breach, urges Congress action to protect U.S. credit. Inflation raises government borrowing costs.

Top News · Dec 28, 2024

Stocks Finish Mixed in Thin Holiday Trade

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed down -0.04%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.13%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) are down -0.09%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Barchart · Dec 26, 2024

5 elections to watch in 2025

The coming 12 months can’t promise the bumper crop of elections we saw during 2024, when countries home to about half the world’s population headed to the polls. Still, voters will cast ballots in several important elections throughout the year – and many of the themes persist: the impact of…

The Conversation · Dec 26, 2024

What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?

Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a student-managed investment fund and studies corporate decision-making and incentives. Together, they’re also the resident economic…

The Conversation · Dec 26, 2024

Turkey Lowers Interest Rate To 47.5 Percent

Turkey's central bank lowered its key interest rate on Thursday, the first cut in nearly two years as it battles with double-digit inflation.

International Business Times · Dec 26, 2024