Trump will probably seek to ease inflation and lower prices by drilling for more oil, loosening regulations, reducing federal spending, experts say.

In August 2024, then-candidate former President Donald Trump delivered a press conference surrounded by packaged foods, meats, produce, condiments, milk and eggs.

Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Tuesday, as investors awaited greater clarity on policies of U.S. President Donald Trump following his inauguration. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.66% to end the day at 8,402.40.

The Consumer Price Index and the ... that indicate that the S&P 500 Index could regain the old highs or fall back below 5,800 based on the events around the inauguration and its aftermath. We do know that Donald Trump is quite adept at pumping up his ...

Stocks took a step up after Trump said in a virtual address to the World Economic Forum that he would “demand that interest rates drop immediately.”

Economists say Trump’s second-term tariffs, if carried out as promised, could put even more downward pressure on the economy, because he’s framed them as across-the-board, rather than targeted to particular consumer products or commodities.

Today, as the Federal Reserve emerges from its latest policy meeting with a well-anticipated stay-put stance, there’s plenty to talk about in financial markets. But most of it isn’t driven by the central bank.

Traditionally, Republicans have (at least officially) promoted a laissez-faire approach to the economy that lets the market decide who wins and who loses. Influenced by thinkers such as the economist Friedrich Hayek, the orthodoxy considered centralized economic decision makers to be highly fallible.

Confidence among U.S. consumers weakened for a second-straight month, reflecting retreating optimism of both current and future conditions.

Fixed-income analysts and central bankers care about what’s driving the Treasury bond yield, and it’s something called the term premium. That’s the technical phrase for the amount of interest investors demand over and above where the Federal Reserve sets rates. Recently it’s been rising quickly.

Trump says Americans sent him back to the White House to lower prices. But during his first week in office, he focused on anything but.

New figures will be published not later than 30 days after the period under review. The producer price index (ppi) is an index figure that reflects the average price development of Dutch industrial products. The price indices of the sales are a weighted ...