By looking at the inflation rate each year, you can gain insight into how prices changed and how events around the globe impacted the average U.S. consumer.

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The most important thing on Wall Street’s mind right now is interest rates. The stock market could initially deal with rising rates, as we saw from August through mid-December. But then rates rose far ...

Mortgage rates are finally drifting down from their recent peaks, but the math on homeownership still does not work for a large share of American households. Prices climbed so far, and supply is so ...

The Federal Reserve paused its interest-rate increases – for now – on Wednesday. Over the past 15 months, its monetary-tightening campaign fueled wild swings for stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrencies.