Macroeconomics studies an overall economy or market system, its behaviors, the factors that drive it, and how to improve its performance.

According to mainstream economists, inflation aids economic growth while deflation impairs growth. Austrian economists, ...

There’s any number of directions tariff rates could go—a small increase, a big increase, no increase—from here forward. And depending on that, there’s a lot of different directions that monetary ...

The disconnect stems in part from a typical lag between when inflation comes down and when consumers acclimate to new price levels, since a lower inflation rate does not mean prices have come down but ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney ...

Inflation is down since its peak during the pandemic, but the feeling of sticker shock still lingers. Planet Money looks into why feelings about prices diverge so much from official inflation data.

The UK's rate of inflation held steady at 3.8% in the 12 months to August, the Office for National Statistics has announced.

NORFOLK, Va. — As all eyes are on the economy, some are raising concerns about the risk of a recession or "stagflation.' The latest inflation numbers from the Consumer Price Index are better than ...

Given sticky inflation and the slowing jobs market, some economists fear a recession or the possibility of stagflation.