Inflation affects all aspects of the economy, from consumer spending, business investment and employment rates to government programs, tax policies, and interest rates.

Saving for your child’s education is probably one of your priorities along with saving for other short and long term goals.

THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF CRISES: A bloated U.S. debt and a jittery bond market; the unwillingness of Vladimir Putin to negotiate, etc. But there’s one crisis that dwarfs all the rest: Iran.

DONALD TRUMP is eager to proclaim victory on trade deals. What a transformation — he finally listened to the critics and he now has made it clear that the virulent market reaction drove him to this tariff reversal.