Inflation at its highest rate over a period is said to have peaked. During the Great Inflation of 1965–1982, inflation was thought to have peaked in 1970, only to have reached a higher rate in ...

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Inflation in France and Spain undershot expectations, supporting calls for more interest-rate cuts by the European Central ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 18: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news ... More conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William ...

Disinflation occurs when the rate of inflation falls but remains positive—prices still rise, but not as quickly as they were rising in the recent past. For most consumers, the concept of ...

After sampling an economic cocktail of inflation and slowing growth stirred up first by tariff uncertainty and now by actual tariffs, hints of another unsavory concept are wafting through: stagflation ...

After sampling an economic cocktail of inflation and slowing growth stirred up first by tariff uncertainty and now by actual tariffs, hints of another unsavory concept are wafting through ...