Even so, the Fed will almost certainly leave its key rate unchanged at about 4.3% when it meets Tuesday and Wednesday. Powell ...

President Trump claims that other countries and exporters to the U.S. will largely pick up the cost of tariffs ... which may push up prices. For example, 76% of Texas manufacturers said they ...

They argue that inflation has steadily cooled and high ... sooner if the tariffs hit the economy hard enough to cause layoffs and push up unemployment. Wall Street investors appear to expect ...

The world’s two largest economies have been placing ever-increasing tariffs on products coming from each other in an escalating trade war, and the fear is that they could cause a recession ...

The Fed also said it appreciates that risks to the economy are rising because of tariffs, which could both weaken the job market and push inflation higher ... 143.64 Japanese Yen from 143.76 Yen. The ...

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

You may see some price increases from tariffs in your shopping, but you won't see them in Wednesday's official report on ...

Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its ...

President Donald Trump's unfolding trade policy may curb U.S. productivity and possibly require higher interest rates to ...

Keeping interest rates high makes it harder for people to get loans, but lower interest rates can also push ... cause a one-time increase in prices, but not necessarily ongoing inflation.

We propose a macroeconomic model with a nonlinear Phillips curve that has a flat slope when inflationary pressures are subdued and steepens when inflationary pressures are elevated. The nonlinear ...

Mark Blyth is the William R. Rhodes professor of international economics and professor of international and public affairs at ...