Donald Trump is heading back to the White House. He has inflation to thank. In poll after poll, focus group after focus group, Americans said the economy was bad—and the economy was bad because prices ...

On Thursday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged for the first time that inflationary pressures and economic headwinds abroad could stymie the central bank’s efforts to avoid a recession.

With inflation currently sitting at levels well above 8 percent, it seems as though the much-applauded 5.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients this year has lost ...