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The Congressional Budget Office regularly calculates the financial impact of Presidential and Congressional policies and laws.
A group of former top economic officials filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, which is considering whether President Donald Trump can remove Cook from the Fed.
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A YouGov poll, released earlier this month, found inflation as the reigning issue among all Americans. According to the poll, respondents — including Democrats, independents and Republicans — were most likely to name inflation and prices, at 24%, as well as jobs and the economy, at 14%, as their most important issues.
On the campaign trail last summer, President Donald Trump promised to swiftly cut electricity and energy prices in half if voters returned him to the White House.
Consumer prices rose 2.9% in August compared to a year ago, marking an uptick in price increases as President Donald Trump's tariff policy intensified. The reading matched economists' expectations.
The August CPI report shows inflation at 2.9%, countering Donald Trump's "No Inflation!" claim. See how economists react to the new data.
Donald Trump says grocery, energy prices are down. It’s a mixed bag for consumers so far. The prices of some food items, such as eggs, bread and fruit, have declined on President Donald Trump’s watch, and overall energy prices have fallen 2.6%. But many food and energy items have seen price increases.
French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say that he can get President Donald Trump on the phone any time he wants. In New York for the U.N. General Assembly, he proved it. Blocked on Monday night by police officers when he sought to cross a New York street — they told the French president the road was closed to let a VIP motorcade pass — Macron fished out his phone and dialed his U.