US inflation cooled to a six-month low in March, but tariff pressures are quickly mounting

In any other timeline, such news would stoke optimism that Americans’ cost of living is no ... for the US economy. The latest reading of the Consumer Price Index — which showed inflation ... Read More

What Is a Soft Landing for the Economy? Will We Have One?

Put another way, many leading CEOs anticipate a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy ... not too much, it might engineer a 'soft landing,' with inflation stabilized or reduced and either no ... Read More

Conditions Look Right for a Soft Landing. Here’s Why It Will Be Difficult.

Soft landing the U.S. economy is like an economic nirvana: inflation is low and the job ... Photo illustration: Ryan Trefes Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than ... Read More

US inflation cooled in May in sign that price pressures may be easing

The Fed is closely monitoring each month's inflation report for signs that it's succeeding in its fight against rising prices. A rise in core consumer prices of 0.3% is too high ... slow borrowing and ... Read More

US inflation? China is more worried the trade war will make goods too cheap

While US President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes stoke fears of inflation in America, China is likely to face the opposite problem: deepening deflation that compounds a long-running economic ... Read More

Federal Reserve chief says Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow US economic growth

Higher borrowing costs can help slow the economy and cool inflation. Wall Street investors ... of waiting and seeing going on, including by us,” Powell said during a question and answer session. Read More

Market chaos signals 'sell America' trade as Trump tariff whipsaw threatens to upend the US economy's soft landing

It's an unusual development as concerns over stagflation, where growth stalls, inflation persists ... and domestic investors are concerned about US economic outlook." In other words, a possible ... Read More