Inflation (Economics)
Iran War Lifts a Second Inflation Reading to Highest Level Since 2023
Officials at the central bank have embraced the possibility of higher interest rates to get resurgent price pressures under control.
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Walmart Stores Inc
Walmart Shares Sink as Investors Fret About Price-Conscious Shoppers
The nation’s largest retailer reported a rise in sales, but consumers are seeking out low-price items and cutting back in some categories, a potentially worrying sign for the U.S. economy.
Inflation (Economics)
British Politics Is Obsessing Over the Bond Market. Here’s Why.
Britain is facing another round of turmoil in government leadership, jolting debt investors who were already on high alert over inflation.
Stocks and Bonds
Is the Bond Market Signaling Danger? Or Opportunity?
Interest rates for long-term Treasury bonds have surged to levels last seen in 2007, before the great financial crisis.
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
G7 Finance Ministers Look to Contain Iran Economic Fallout
Top policymakers were expected to discuss rising energy prices and sanctions policy at a critical summit in Paris this week.
Phelps, Edmund S
Edmund Phelps, Who Upended the Way We View Inflation, Dies at 92
He won a Nobel in 2006 for challenging the conventional wisdom among economists that higher inflation was a necessary price to pay for low unemployment.
US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Oil Prices Waver as Trump Meets China’s Xi to Discuss Strait of Hormuz
The president is expected to urge the Chinese leader to help ease tensions in the Middle East by helping to persuade Iran to end the war.
Inflation (Economics)
CPI Shows Inflation Accelerating to 3.8% Annually in April After Weeks of War in Iran
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier as higher energy costs replaced tariffs as the driver of higher prices for Americans.