The early 2020s made just about everyone in the world well-aware of the term "inflation." No one particularly likes it—it's rising consumer prices, after all. But it goes hand in hand with economic ...

Dennis Robertson, the late Cambridge economist, said that fashion in economic ideas was like going to the greyhound races. If you stood still long enough, the dogs would come around one more time.

A new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the ...

Last week, Trump announced what the administration calls “reciprocal tariffs.” These tariffs, based on bilateral trade deficits, would represent a $1.8 trillion tax increase over the next 10 years.

It hasn't even been a week since Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election, and investors have high hopes for the president-elect's second term in the White House. All ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

The 2024 presidential election was centered on Americans’ “pocketbook” concerns. As President-elect Donald Trump recently said, “I won on groceries,” and he isn’t wrong. Whether it’s the cost of ...

With fears brewing over tariffs and jobs, President Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are acknowledging there could be some short-term pain for the economy and markets before it gets better. "What ...

It’s a new year, new Congress, and soon, a new term for former president Donald Trump. Will Trump’s second term turn a new page for our economy? If what’s past is prologue, yes. In Trump’s first term, ...

The government decided not to publish some of the economic data for October. The data probably didn't paint a good picture of the economy. The more important factor is how you decide to invest moving ...