Tag: stagflation

A man drives his car with an electronic national debt counter behind him in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2026.

Budget red ink threatens to spike inflation and unemployment

Zach Halaschak · August 21, 2026 7:05 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Washington.

Trump is causing real inflation. Here’s why it’s so insidious

Davis D. Thompson · May 5, 2026 10:00 am

President Donald Trump holds charts in the Oval Office.

There’s plenty of reason for pessimism about the US economy

Nick Thomas · September 19, 2025 5:50 am

FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, cargo containers are staged near cranes at the Port of Tacoma, in Tacoma, Wash. Most economists were already worried that the odds of a recession are rising,

Recession and ‘stagflation’ loom as economic concerns

Zach Halaschak · September 17, 2025 7:00 am

Apples prices are displayed at a grocery store in Wheeling, Ill.,

Stagflation chatter dogs Trump agenda

Zach Halaschak · March 24, 2025 6:00 am

In this Feb. 20, 1978, file photo, President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., as they wait to speak at a fundraising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del.

Beltway Confidential

Biden’s stagflation recession is here

Tiana Lowe Doescher · July 28, 2022 2:12 pm

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Thursday, May 12, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Yellen acknowledges ‘stagflationary effects’ of soaring food and energy prices

Zach Halaschak · May 18, 2022 3:18 pm

Voters already blaming government spending for rising prices

Kristen Soltis Anderson · October 20, 2021 3:08 pm

Greenspan Warning: Stagflation Ahead

Irwin M. Stelzer · March 5, 2018 10:05 am