Trump tariffs partly to blame for inflation: Fed chair

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said President Donald Trump’s tariffs are partly to blame for price increases, leveling the criticism minutes after the central bank announced its ... Read More

Americans Are Expecting Higher Prices. That Could Unnerve the Fed.

“We don’t want inflation expectations moving up so much that it makes the Fed’s ... of the economy is typically more stable, said Joanne Hsu, who leads the Michigan survey. But economists ... Read More

Americans are getting fed up with the economy. Does that mean we’re heading into a recession?

Inflation fears, due to Trump’s tariffs, are putting America on edge, according ... % of the US economy, and retail sales account for about a third of overall spending. So if Americans continue ... Read More

Ball of confusion: Tariffs and DOGE put the Fed — and maybe the economy — on ice

The Federal Reserve is assessing the effects of Trump’s evolving agenda before making its next move on interest rates. Read More

Citing Tariffs and Uncertainty, Fed Sees Higher Inflation and Lower Growth

Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, said that “further progress may be delayed” on inflation because of tariffs. Officials kept interest rates steady but signaled they may cut them twice this year. Read More

Rates May Have to Rise to Combat Inflation Headwinds, Fed's Barkin Says; The Economy Is Still Fine. Americans Are Still Gloomy.

Rates May Have to Rise to Combat Inflation Headwinds, Fed's Barkin Says; The Economy Is Still Fine. Americans Are Still ... on the Southeast Asian economy. Top News Fed's Barkin: Rates May Have ... Read More

Fed’s shift to ‘inclusive’ employment goal may be to blame for rising inflation: economists

Economists have been sounding the alarms that the Fed’s “inclusive” employment strategy may be to blame for inflation that ... “This economy has been tricky to navigate, with a lot of ... Read More

Americans are souring on the economy. Inflation and tariffs are to blame

Washington (CNN) — The American consumer is getting worried about the economy. Economic jitters are showing up across various sentiment surveys as the Trump administration aims to reconfigure ... Read More

Trump is one month in and Americans are already mad at him about inflation

Nearly the same share of Americans view inflation as “a very big problem,” according ... economists would agree: One month is not a meaningful length of time to judge how a nation’s economy ... Read More

Consumers Sound Alarm on Trump Economy as Expectations Reach Recession Level

Combined with other economic data on business activity, housing and inflation, it presents a worrisome picture of how Americans are reacting to Trump’s ... economy is what markets and the Fed ... Read More

Donald Trump Gets Bad News on Economy: Poll

A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between February 12 and 18, 53 percent of Americans believed the economy ... and services. Other data indicates that U.S. households expect inflation to rise ... Read More