The lowest the unemployment rate has ever gone is 2.5% in 1953. Is it possible for the country to get it that low today?

In the first formal review of their policy strategy in five years, Federal Reserve officials are confronting a question that ...

Economists have been sounding the alarms that the Fed’s “inclusive” employment strategy may be to blame for staggering ...

Making a chart of the federal funds rate in 2025 might turn out to be the easiest job in finance. As inflation stays stubbornly high and jobs hold steady, the financial markets are pricing in a good ...

What do Federal Reserve leaders think about President Trump’s tariffs and how they will affect inflation? And how will they ...

The rate of UK inflation is expected to rise when January’s figures are published tomorrow, partly driven by a bounce in ...

Joseph J. Thorndike examines how tariff policy in the 19th century slowed the introduction of the modern income tax.

Top officials are grappling with how to handle potential price increases caused by the administration’s policies.

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said his "baseline" view is that the Trump administration's new tariffs will have ...

A U.S. Federal Reserve governor says she wants to see more data on inflation before advocating additional interest rate cuts.

Looking at major market groups, consumer goods production increased 0.8% in January, with nondurable consumer goods rising ...

Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve's Chicago branch, talks with The Associated Press about inflation, the job market and when rate cuts could resume ...