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President Trump says the economy is “roaring like never before.” Here’s how inflation, jobs and stocks changed in 2025.

Inflation in the United States is now at the center of a political and pocketbook tug-of-war. The White House says prices are rising at roughly 2.5%, a figure officials present as proof that the worst ...

Two top Federal Reserve officials who voted against cutting U.S. interest rates this week said inflation remains too high and the central bank should have waited for more evidence that price increases ...

The consumer price index declined unexpectedly in November 2025. It was the first CPI report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics since the government shutdown ended last month. Economists said that ...

The highly anticipated November inflation report showed prices appearing to grow at a far slower rate, surprising analysts and markets after a year of stubbornly rising costs. The consumer price index ...

The latest report from the Department of Labor shows that price increases persisted at the close of 2025, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated assurance that inflation has been vanquished in his ...

Friday's inflation report was a positive for U.S. stocks, but the data didn't move the needle enough to justify another Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in the months ahead. That might explain the ...

What began as a distant geopolitical confrontation is fast developing into a direct economic challenge for India. Here's how ...