Inflation Hedge: A properly selected guaranteed program will frequently give you returns that exceed inflation, so your ...

Toby Walters is a financial writer, investor, and lifelong learner. He has a passion for analyzing economic and financial data and sharing it with others. The real value of an item is its nominal ...

When President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it set off worries that economic data might not be as trustworthy in the future. The president claimed, without citing evidence, ...

Falls in the cost of petrol and air fares in May were offset by a record rate of inflation for chocolate and jumps in the price of everyday items such as coffee and cheese. The average price of ...

The gap between expected and actual inflation has been wide and persistent, making it difficult to anticipate when and how inflation will hit portfolios. For investors, this uncertainty underscores ...

Households can lose spending power if they suffer job losses during recessions or when the cost of living rises at times of high inflation. One way to assess the historical roles these two factors ...

When prices creep upward, each unit of currency you hold loses purchasing power. If your investments don’t at least keep pace with inflation, you’re effectively losing ground. That’s why many ...

Isn’t a “higher for longer” interest rate environment bearish for gold? The short answer is no, because real interest rates are falling with price inflation on the upswing. With price inflation ...