inflation

The Treasury Department is holding several government bond auctions this week. Those auctions often provide a clue as to what investors expect the economy to do in the future.

Both Dollar Tree and Dollar General saw their same-store sales rise last year, but the outlook for 2026 is more subdued.

At some point, the rising price of energy could start forcing people and businesses to make hard choices.

Among affordability constraints and the high cost of labor and materials, experts say construction loans for builders could play a role, too.

Headline inflation was at its lowest in five years, but a global oil price shock has made the reading a bit stale.

Recent research has found that tariffs can reduce economic activity to a point where inflation starts to fall. But if that happens, the economy would be dealing with much bigger problems.

According to the National Federation of Independent Business, uncertainty is running higher than it's been in decades.

Consumers are the engine of the U.S. economy, and how they feel can have real-world consequences.

Uncertainty and sudden conflict almost always make mortgage rates more volatile.

The war with Iran throws a whole new set of variables into an already uncertain economy.