HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Dr. Joyce Beebe, a fellow in public finance at Rice University's Baker Institute, says the concept behind inflation can be easily simplified. "If (a child) realizes what you ...

Rising interest rates. Layoffs. A shrinking dollar. Over the past year, the US economy has been squeezed: The same amount of money gets you less stuff. It's inflation: a concept that's easy to feel ...

There is no concept in economics today that is as poorly understood as inflation. Academic economists, investment professionals, media pundits, and politicians all wallow in confusion about what it is ...

Which items has inflation impacted the most? Food inflation concept where a tray of eggs is shown with a 20 dollar bill. There’s the inflation you see, and then there’s the inflation you feel. Put ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted Tuesday she had been wrong last year in downplaying the potential risk of inflation. Recent high inflation rates are one of the factors that currently have ...

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