When I was a graduate student in economics and learned about the inflation of the 1970s, I marveled at how poorly policymakers understood the problem. The price controls they enacted that decade ...

If economists are right about 2024, inflation will continue to fall and we won’t even be talking about it by the end of the year. But the last three years have taught some valuable lessons about ...

With inflation a meaningful economic factor after a decades-long hiatus in many countries, households need no tutorial on its impact on their day-to-day spending, as budgets are stretched thin by ...

This paper reviews the drivers of the post-pandemic U.S. inflation surge and subsequent decline, including the behavior and role of inflation expectations. The sharp rise in inflation reflected severe ...

The inflation surge over the past three years followed a unique disruption to the global economy. Pandemic lockdowns initially tilted demand away from services and toward goods. But this came at a ...

Many people think inflation causes prices to increase. In fact, it is just the opposite. Inflation is a measure of how fast prices are rising. The faster prices increase, the higher the inflation rate ...

Much to the chagrin of party officials, China’s inflation rate rose by 0.4 percent in January, ending a much-needed five-month drop in the rate. While commentary has rightly noted that the rise in ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --In earlier installments of this series on international project finance in Latin America, we examined how sovereign risk and currency volatility influence the cost of capital for ...

Bad news about the US economy travels fast, but examples of a slowing economy are potentially being blown out of proportion. The Conference Board’s latest consumer survey even showed that the share of ...