Economists are still hoping for a second-quarter rebound but nobody can be sure in today’s chaotic trade environment.

Consumer prices likely rebounded in April as the first bite to Americans’ pocketbooks started to hit, economists say.

Inflation expectations were climbing even before the bulk of Trump’s tariffs took effect. Consumers now project prices to ...

“There is some evidence of modest tariff pass-through in the April data, but it was somewhat less widespread than I had expected,” Omair Sharif, the founder of Inflation Insights, said in a ...

"My feeling is that there's a gradual slowdown here, but March seemed a little too good to be true," said Omair Sharif, president of the forecasting firm Inflation Insights. The price of used cars ...

“There’s still some inflation in the system that’s going to take some time to work through,” said Omair Sharif, founder of Inflation Insights, a research firm. “This justifies the Fed ...

On this episode, we speak with Omair Sharif, the founder of Inflation Insights, who walks us through rent prices and how the numbers are gathered. He also discusses a key change coming to the ...

Omair Sharif, founder and president of Inflation Insights, says the tariffs Trump imposed in his first term were more targeted and not on "things you go out and buy at Home Depot on the weekends." ...

Vehicle insurance is the one adding notably to overall inflation, said Omair Sharif, founder of the research firm Inflation Insights. Part of the increase in car insurance comes from the fact that ...

That outcome would add an estimated 1.2 million unemployed people, according to Omair Sharif, the founder of research firm Inflation Insights. Those job losses will disproportionately fall on some ...