inflation

Federal rescue plans are all the rage in Washington right now, for what seems to be everything but the dollar.

The U.S. currency is not going to get a bailout, even though its steep decline is feeding inflation and straining the economy.

Ron Paul discusses inflation and how it's really just a hidden tax.

U.S. stocks headed for a moderately lower open Wednesday as oil prices fell and investors awaited a key reading on inflation.

U.S. stocks headed for a mixed open Wednesday after consumer prices jumped in June at the fastest pace in 26 years, a steeper rise than had been expected.

The economy showed the depth of its twin problems on Tuesday, slow growth and rising inflation, as the nation wrestled with a teetering financial system, a slumping dollar and rising prices for food and fuel.

Soaring costs for gasoline and food pushed inflation at the fastest pace in more than a quarter-century.

Seeking to maneuver between accelerating inflation and a slowing economy, The Bank of England left its main interest rate target at 5 percent on Thursday.

The dollar was higher against the euro Thursday, a day after the president of the European Central Bank warned that an inflation price spiral was evident in the euro zone.

The Bank of England is expected to hold official interest rates steady when it announces its monthly decision on Thursday as concerns about rising inflation outweigh worries about the slowing economy.

European Central Bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet has warned that high inflation could linger in the euro-zone for "some time."

Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon — about one-tenth what Americans pay these days.