Consumers

There's a problem with high expectations: you need to meet them, or else you're underperforming. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Great expectations for Trump should sober up Republicans

David Freddoso · December 9, 2016 4:50 pm

More respondents mentioned the positive impact of new economic policies than recorded ever before. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Consumer confidence surges on promise of Trump policies

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2016 4:04 pm

Subdued inflation means greater purchasing power for families. But it also is a possible sign that the economy is operating below capacity. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Inflation perks up in August, to 1.1 percent annually

Joseph Lawler · September 16, 2016 12:31 pm

On Friday, the Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for June. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Rising rents, medical costs push core inflation to highest levels of the recovery in June

Joseph Lawler · July 15, 2016 12:32 pm

Inflation edged higher in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting Thursday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Consumer prices slip in May, but soaring rents push up core inflation

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2016 12:36 pm

The Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for April. The Fed has an inflation target that translates to roughly 2.3 percent in the Consumer Price Index. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Inflation bounces back in April as energy prices fastest since 2013

Joseph Lawler · May 17, 2016 12:33 pm

Inflation slows to 0.9 percent rate in March

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 12:31 pm

Investors had expected a bump up in monthly core inflation, which strips out food and energy prices to make inflation less volatile and more predictable. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Inflation lower than expected in February in key gauge for Fed

Joseph Lawler · March 28, 2016 1:18 pm

Consumer prices rose 1.4 percent annually through the first month of 2016, the Labor Department reported. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Inflation jumps to 1.4 percent in January

Joseph Lawler · February 19, 2016 1:31 pm

Dodd-Frank was meant to prevent some of the risky financial practices that led to the financial crisis and make banks safer and able to fail without necessitating taxpayer bailouts. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News.)

Study: Dodd-Frank has cut consumer credit 15 percent

Joseph Lawler · January 25, 2016 10:00 am

The average driver saved $550 at the pump, AAA reported Thursday, thanks to low prices caused by a glut of crude oil. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Consumers saved $115 billion on gasoline in 2015

Joseph Lawler · December 31, 2015 4:56 pm

(AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Economic growth slower than thought in the third quarter, at 2 percent

Joseph Lawler · December 22, 2015 2:16 pm