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A new report out from the Commerce Department shows inflation cooled off slightly last month. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index showed inflation rose 2.5% from the year before, down from December’s 2.

Investors have grappled with high inflation since the pandemic. But perhaps they shouldn't be so quick to dismiss inflation after all.

In a December interview after winning the election for president, Donald Trump credited his win at the polls on two topics: immigration and the economy.

During the first month of his second term, Donald Trump’s popularity started out mildly positive but has slowly eroded, according to the FiveThirtyEight averages. As of January 24, his job-approval ratio was 49.

U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said Tuesday.

Wall Street is falling again Tuesday as U.S. households get more pessimistic about the economy because of inflation, tariffs and other policies coming from Washington.

Inflation is up, but Donald Trump would sooner find any other ... Rent alone made up 30 percent of that increase, according to The Washington Post’s economic columnist Heather Long, who noted on X that the “core” consumer price index—which excludes ...

As the Federal Reserve focuses on achieving 2% inflation in setting monetary policy, Trump’s policies — especially on tariffs — are likely to complicate the picture.