Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

What Would a Fiscal Crisis Look Like?

A fiscal crisis – sometimes called a sovereign debt crisis – is a sharp economic shock or downturn caused or sparked by high ...

Here’s the inflation breakdown for December 2025 — in one chart

The consumer price index was unchanged in December, and the inflation rate for some consumer staples like food and ...
Opinion
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The 2025 inflation report is finally out. Here is the good and the ugly

Inflation in 2025 ended neither as a crisis nor as a clean victory. The headline numbers finally look close to what central bankers call normal, yet the lived experience of prices for rent, groceries ...
ConsumerAffairs

Inflation is cooling, so why is there an ‘affordability crisis?’

Housing and insurance costs remain stubbornly high, keeping monthly bills elevated even as overall inflation cools. Food prices have stopped rising rapidly but are still far above pre-pandemic levels, ...
The White House

Trump Delivers: Core Inflation Hits Lowest Level in Nearly Five Years

“Just as President Trump told Americans last night: inflation continues to fall, wages continue to rise, and America is trending towards a historic economic boom. Today’s report shows that inflation ...

‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns

"The United States is deeply indebted, and its finances are on an unsustainable long-term trajectory," says the Committee for ...
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Bankruptcies jump as inflation and tariffs squeeze companies

Corporate failures are climbing again in the United States, reversing a decade of relative calm and exposing how fragile many balance sheets have become. A mix of stubborn inflation, higher borrowing ...