In practice there will be nothing liberating about it. Over the two months since returning to the White House, Mr Trump will ...

Wall Street stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with selloffs in Amazon, Microsoft and other technology heavyweights, after ...

The Dow fell more than 700 points, while gold hit a record and bonds climbed. The anticipation of tariff developments next ...

Inflation accelerated again by 0.4% last month as consumer confidence fell for a fourth consecutive month, reaching its lowest level in 12 years.

The U.S. Federal Reserve's seemingly locked-in path to a soft landing, already roiled by the arrival of the Trump ...

The government is to get some help on the revenue side of the equation from a change to personal income taxes announced in ...

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When Americans found themselves flush with stimulus funds in 2021, they were more than happy to go out and spend that money. And that’s what lawmakers wanted — the purpose of sending out stimulus ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This index is primarily used to determine current inflation and predict how prices might change in the near future. According to the Labor Department’s most recent report, CPI in February was 2. ...

Higher inflation is bad news for retired workers on Social Security The CPI-E tends to outpace the CPI-W by two-tenths of a percentage point per year. Indeed, Social Security payments have ...

With views of current finances among the poorest Americans already near the lowest in 14 years, tariffs are set to add more pressure by making many everyday items even pricier. Low-income ...