Author: Medora Lee, USA TODAY

Inflation will be slow to fall. While the cost of goods has ebbed, a persistent rise in prices of services is keeping inflation high, economists say.

Job seekers increasingly are looking for $20, not $15, an hour work. This could keep inflation hot and make the Fed’s inflation fight even tougher.

Student loan repayments will resume in the new year, but now is the time to prepare, especially with the economy looking shaky and inflation soaring.

To offer future student borrowers relief, Biden plans to cut their discretionary income. How does he plan to do that and how will that help?

Back-to-school shopping is over, but holiday shopping’s just starting. Shelves should be fuller but mostly with lower-priced items as inflation bites.

Retailers and payment processors go to war over whether a bill aiming to curb how much retailers pay to process credit cards would help consumers.

Overall consumer inflation probably eased in July, but the core rate likely rose. That may mean another big Fed rate hike ahead.

Consumers can’t get a break. Just as gas prices are easing, ongoing rent increases are taking over in pinching consumer budgets.