inflation

Goods inflation has slowed down a lot over the last year, thanks in part to higher interest rates. But the Federal Reserve is having a harder time slowing services inflation.

The answer will be pretty familiar: consumer spending, and lots of it.

High construction expenses and budget pressures are pushing developers to be creatively cost-conscious as they expand access to green spaces.

The federal government has also restricted eligibility after opening it early in the pandemic.

In 2022, inflation reached its highest level since 1981.

And yet, more than half of Americans say they’re going to cut back on entertainment spending, because of rising costs.

The way the Census Bureau calculates its retail sales data wasn’t an issue until prices started rising a couple years back.

Waiting it out might just be part of the journey to cool inflation.

Companies like Target, Walmart and Kohl’s held sales this week aimed at holiday shoppers, and Amazon just wrapped up its second Prime Day event of the year.

And that would mean your paycheck’s purchasing power would be getting a boost relative to inflation.