The Fed launched a new rate-hiking cycle with a unanimous quarter-point increase to 3.75%–4%. Inflation is too high and too persistent to ignore, while resilient demand and a solid labor market give p...

Growth holds, but the center hollows out.

No hand-holding.

Markets listen to promises; they price proof This week’s bond market rout was not about one data point or one speech. It was about trust and the mounting cost of losing it. The timing is either sere...

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Warsh gets the crown, markets get the gavel.

I have never seen anything like this. Nor has the Fed. Inflation is still too hot, labor markets are cooling beneath the surface, but unemployment is falling. A new Fed chair is stepping into one of ...

The July employment report was a gut punch. Hiring stalled, public-sector payrolls fell, and the labor force shrank again. The headline unemployment rate improved, but for the wrong reason: fewer peop...

Inflation still running hot.

Three dissents at his second meeting. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) – the policy-setting arm of the Federal Reserve – voted to hold interest rates unchanged in July.

Consumer electronics prices are rising.

If you've been watching recent coverage on the U.S. economy on just about any major TV network, you'll have seen Diane Swonk offering her take on inflation during the war with Iran. In this episode, K...