Federal Reserve

The U.S. central bank may hike interest rates by up to 75 points due to the high rate of inflation, according to James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank who also added that he does not expect such an increase to occur right away.

The Biden administration and its allies continue to use Russian President Vladimir Putin as the convenient excuse for their economic failures.

China is using its new Covid lockdowns to slow down supply lines to the United States, according to one analyst.

Know-nothing pundits and politicians have been communicating to Americans that inflation is, like the weather, a mystery they can’t control.

Wholesale inflation rose 11.2% annually in March, driven largely by an increase in the price of gasoline, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday.

White House aides were out in force on Monday warning that Tuesday’s inflation report would be ugly and blaming it on Vladimir Putin.

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Gas prices rocket 48% in past 12 months.

Oh, you want to buy a house? The bad news is that right now, you would pay a historically high price for a home, and as of today, you’d also hand over more money in interest for the privilege to do so — a whopping 5 percent, on average.

The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration official familiar with the White House’s decision-making.