One of higher ed’s most acerbic critics on academe’s inefficiencies, social mobility, and his cameo on The White Lotus.

Beth M. Hammack, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, says it is too early to gauge the economic impact of the Iran war and backs holding interest rates steady for “quite some time.” Beth M.

Polo Rocha has written about economics and banking for a decade. Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Inflation rose to 3% in December, prompting the Federal Reserve to pause further interest rate cuts.

Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s first meeting of the year showed that several officials wanted the central bank to tell the markets there was a chance its next move might be to raise interest rates.

Inflation cooled more than expected in January, capping a week of promising economic data, easing pressure on the White House, which has faced political criticism about the economy. Friday’s consumer ...

Consumer prices rose 2.4 percent over the past year and 0.2 percent in January alone, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The latest consumer price index report, which was ...

U.S. inflation cooled to 2.4% in January from 2.7% in December, with monthly prices rising 0.2%. Shelter and food gains moderated while energy fell 1.5%. Core inflation eased to 2.5%. Economists ...

WASHINGTON — A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the ...

A Friday the 13th economic report appeared to deliver some fortunate news: Annual inflation slowed significantly. However, certain details of the latest Consumer Price Index presented a more sobering ...

Amelia F. Barnum ’28, an Associate Editorial editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Winthrop House. Benjamin Isaac ’27, an Associate Editorial Editor, is a Government and Economics concentrator ...

In an ironic twist, 2026 SASSA grant increases may be lower than expected due to the country’s much-improved inflation. You may recall in 2025, social-welfare payouts increased by a sizeable 4.8%, in ...

Falling inflation means prices are still rising, but at a slower rate than before. Deflation, which is when prices actually decrease, is a rare occurrence in the U.S. economy. While overall inflation ...