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The question of how best to measure inflation has no single and straightforward answer, but most people know that the president's economic claims aren't true.

 

The question of how best to measure inflation has no single and straightforward answer, but most people know that the president's economic claims aren't true.

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block the supermarket chain Kroger from buying Albertsons. Does this deal have a chance? Not really.

Official measures of inflation are missing a major part of the cost of living—and its absence may explain why people feel so glum about the economy at a time of plentiful jobs and cooling inflation.

If we still measured inflation the way we did in 1980, today’s inflation rate would be 8%, Summers calculates.

As some CPI data lags, economists consider new rental data to better understand where housing costs are now.

Current inflation levels are much closer to past peaks than the official series would suggest.

It’s the Federal Reserve task to tame inflation that is running at a pace not seen in four decades. To do so, it has been hiking interest rates at a fast...

In the current inflation spike, a smooth balance of supply and demand is hard to find. One silver lining: A Fed that knows lessons from the 1970s.