Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. In 2022, the Biden Administration enacted the Inflation Reduction ...

Inflation is now a major concern in the financial environment of today. It controls headlines and affects the economy at every level. Although the most obvious sign is increasing prices, the wider ...

For the first time in U.S. history, there may be no official inflation report next month — a direct consequence of the government shutdown now entering its 25th day. The absence of this critical data ...

Traders now expect Europe’s central bankers to raise rates this year to address a sharp increase in inflation because of higher energy prices.

Economists forecast the CPI to rise 0.2% in May after rising by the same amount in April. The goods data will be closely watched for early signs of tariff-driven inflation, with larger impacts ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Recent research has identified periods when the Federal Reserve intentionally acted to slow inflation when it exceeded desired levels. The success of these disinflation attempts reveals the extent of ...

South Africa’s inflation-targeting framework has served the country well, playing a key role in reducing inflation since 2000. However, with inflation still above that of key trading partners, ...

This paper studies the macroeconomic consequences of undermining central bank independence through politically motivated transitions of central bank governors. Leveraging a new panel dataset covering ...

David A. Steinberg is an associate professor of international political economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. His research focuses on the politics of international ...

Consumer prices rose 2 percent in June from a year earlier, a bit higher than economists expected, with a big jump in hotel prices coinciding with a blockbuster series of concerts. Source: Office for ...

The numbers: Consumer prices in June posted the biggest increase since the beginning of the year and are likely to keep the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates later this month, but there were ...