WSJ’s Gavin Bade explains President Trump’s shifting trade and tariff tactics and their potential pitfalls. Photo: Hu Yousong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press Inflation picked up in June, a potential sign that ...

For Kasey McBlais, a 42-year-old single mom who lives in Maine with her two elementary school-aged children, the cost of running a household is only getting more expensive, from buying groceries to ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

The pace of consumer inflation remained steady in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, as food and energy prices remained subdued. Yet a measure excluding those categories, which ...

The numbers: A key measure of inflation rose at a slightly elevated pace in August, but not enough to suggest much bigger increases tied to U.S. tariffs are on the way. The latest price report is ...

The growing chorus of those wanting to privatize Social Security should be careful what they wish for. Social Security benefits are the functional equivalent of an inflation-adjusted annuity program ...

UK interest rates are set to stay at 4% as policymakers hold back from easing borrowing costs while inflation remains elevated, experts have said. Most economists are expecting the Bank of England to ...