View post: Macy's is selling a fleece quarter-zip for only $27 right now Inflation that moves above a steady rate for a short period and then reverts toward that steady rate is considered transitory.

The phrase “transitory inflation” has dominated official and public conversation about price trends in the U.S. economy over the past several years. It has become, in effect, a meme – i.e., “an idea ...

On the narrow point, Krugman may be correct. As the inflation rate has declined, we have not seen a spike in unemployment despite there often being an inverse relationship between the two in the short ...

I think that if we do see a large universal tariff hike, it would qualify as 'transitory inflation.' I follow a strict definition of relative price shifts: the overall price level/aggregate inflation ...

The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged while penciling in a half-percentage-point in rate cuts later this year. The S&P 500 rallied as Chairman Jerome Powell downplayed the inflation ...

The current spike in inflation is no accident. It's the result of reckless policies that squeeze the supply of goods and services—notably energy. Images: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly ...

Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation—as measured by the annual change in the Consumer Price Index—fell to 3 percent in June, down from a high of 9 percent last summer. The ...