Economic data this week: Despite high inflation, spending continues - USA TODAY

Arguably the biggest economic news of the week will be Thursday's reading of June's inflation rate. Fed chair Jerome Powell is also scheduled to address Congress this week. Read More

Economic news this week: See latest inflation, mortgage rates and more - USA TODAY

In August, annual change in the U.S. inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index fell to 2.5% from 2.9% in July. The reading was the lowest since March 2021, a year before the Fed ... Read More

U.S. Inflation Likely Cooled Again as Economy Strengthens

U.S. inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022. Excluding food and energy, core prices likely rose 0.3% from August to September and are expected to be 3.2% above their level a year ago. Read More

U.S. inflation increases to 3 percent, groceries and gasoline prices heading higher | PBS News

U.S. inflation increases to 3 percent, groceries and gasoline prices heading higher Economy Updated on Feb 12, 2025 2:52 PM EDT — Published on Feb 12, 2025 11:02 AM EDT ... Read More

A juiced-up economy is good news, right? Not if inflation reignites. That’s the worry now. - MSN

Wholesale prices — where the seeds of inflation are planted — are also expected to rise 0.3% in December. They are increasing at a 3%-plus annual pace, too. The economy, for its part, appears ... Read More

Charting the Global Economy: US Inflation Picks Up Before Tariffs

Consumer spending was weaker than expected again in February while a key inflation metric picked up, in a double whammy for the US economy before the brunt of tariffs. Read More

The U.S. economy avoided stagflation in Q1. What's next? - Marketplace

There’s an economic term that had fallen out of fashion until it reappeared this year: stagflation, which means stagnant economic growth plus inflation. A number of economists have warned that ... Read More

Reality check: What's up with the economy? - MSN

Now, the pandemic did kick off an inflation spiral, so a lot of prices are still much higher than they were a couple of years ago. But now, inflation has cooled almost all the way back down to ... Read More

Kiplinger's Economic Calendar for This Week (June 30-July 4)

For the June data, BofA Securities economists expect the U.S. to have added 95,000 jobs – well below May's 139,000. They also believe the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3% from 4.2%. Read More

U.S. economy shrank in first quarter; first drop in three years

U.S. economic growth experienced a decline from January through March. Consumer spending fell slightly as well as government spending. Economists believe President Donald Trump’s tariffs could ... Read More

Consumer spending drives the U.S. economy. It’s waning as inflation reignites. - MarketWatch

Inflation is headed in the wrong direction and Americans have grown more cautious about how much they spend — not a good omen for the U.S. economy. Now it’s flickering as inflation reignites ... Read More

U.S. economy shrank in first quarter; first drop in three years

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual pace from January ... FILE-Customers check out at a department store in New York City. U.S. in 2025. (Photo by Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty ... Read More