Some data on consumption, production and hiring can be estimated using private sources, but inflation remains a blind spot.
The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a ...
The U.S. budget deficit shrank by $41 billion to $1.775 trillion in the 2025 fiscal year as an increase in revenue from ...
The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment.
Bengen published a new book, A Richer Retirement: Supercharging the 4% Rule to Spend More and Enjoy More, in August, which ...
Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a ...
The two-week-old federal government shutdown is costing the U.S. economy about $15 billion a day in lost output, Treasury ...
Total federal debt was $620 billion in 1976. Why 1976? In a recent column, Holman Jenkins referenced Jimmy Carter’s contention in a 1976 debate that “The best way to control inflation is t ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized a hologram-like projection of Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan at the airport as wasteful spending. The projection, called a Proto Box, cost the city $75,000 and is ...
The US government shutdown has entered its third week, with Republican and Democratic politicians no closer to an agreement on how to resolve an ongoing budget dispute. It means that some, but not all ...