Consumer spending slowed despite rising incomes, potentially an early reaction to higher prices on some imported goods.

Too much demand or too little supply can mean higher prices and inflation for everybody. Cost-push inflation happens when there is a decline in the supply of goods and services and demand remains ...

While Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says "the underlying inflation picture is good," tariffs could change all that.

The key difference is that for tariffs to push inflation to a higher sustained rate (shown on the chart as a steeper line ... that are passing on their own cost increases. But they don’t ...

Cost-push inflation, also known as wage-push inflation, occurs when overall prices increase due to increases in the cost of wages and raw materials. Higher costs of production can decrease the ...

The chart below shows that housing starts plummeted ... It has significantly increased cost push inflation. Florida’s economy is dominated by service industries where many are paid the minimum ...

Cost-push inflation Sometimes prices rise because costs go up on the supply side of the equation due to rising production costs. These increased supply-side costs, such as materials, wages ...

Three main types of inflation are often recognized by economists: demand-pull, cost-push and built-in. Let’s take a look at each type. In this case, access to more credit and an increase in ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs could push inflation back to levels not seen ... to places where things cost more to make. As a result, U.S. consumers will pay a lot more for things brought ...

The effect of tariffs is to push prices up, but not to sustain higher inflation. The nearby chart shows an economy ... that are passing on their own cost increases. But they don’t like companies ...