Gaps in data because of the government shutdown make a hash of the latest federal reports on inflation and economic growth.

Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier, according to a delayed government report, slowing from 3% in September.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration's government hiring freeze, raising concerns among economists about the ...

President Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help ...

EJ Antoni is a public finance economist and the Richard F. Aster research fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. Nicole Huyer is a senior research ...

For the first time in more than 70 years, there may be no federal inflation report next month — a direct result of the ongoing government shutdown that has entered its fourth week, the White House ...

In November, Elon Musk fired off a post on X placing all of the blame for excess government spending on inflation. He also referred to all government spending as taxation. While income taxes are ...

The Bank of Japan should set policy to anchor long-term inflation expectations around 2%, former deputy governor Masazumi ...