Tag: Inflation (Economics)

How Inflation Is Altering People’s Behavior

Americans are suffering from sticker shock.With inflation running at 8.6 percent, its…

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U.S.-Led Alliance Faces Frustration, and Pain of its Own, Over Russia Sanctions

WASHINGTON — Four months into the war in Ukraine, the countries aligned…

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Fed Confronts a ‘New World’ of Inflation

Federal Reserve officials are questioning whether their longstanding assumptions about inflation still…

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Inflation Complicates Biden’s Deliberations on Student Loan Forgiveness

WASHINGTON — The soaring cost of food, gasoline and other staples is…

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Inflation Expected to Remain High Even as Economy Slows and Layoffs Rise

“The hunger of children is not a necessary cost to pay to…

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A Recession Would Hurt Democrats. Some Warn It’d Also Hurt Democracy.

Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, made the understatement of…

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As European Leaders Visit Kyiv, Putin Cuts Their Gas Supply

BERLIN — As the leaders of Europe’s three biggest economies appeared in…

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The Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points to Tackle Inflation

The Federal Reserve took its most aggressive step yet to try to…

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Fed Set to Lift Rates as ‘Soft-ish Landing’ Becomes a Harder Sell

Federal Reserve officials are meeting this week with one major goal in…

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