For the last few years, the home renovation space has been booming, but Washington’s ever-shifting tariff policies threaten to change that.

The ongoing tariff war may seem far away, but its impacts soon may be felt by Santa Barbara businesses, which rely on imports ...

Inflation eased to a four-year low in April as the nascent impact of President Donald Trump ’s sweeping tariffs were offset by their cost-dampening effects in a slowing economy.

General housing costs increased 0.3 percent in April from last month, accounting for more than half of the all-items monthly ...

The CPI report was cooler than expected, although inflation is still higher than the Federal Reserve's 2% annual goal.

T ariffs have been a hot topic lately across the United States as President Trump has increased a handful of import tariffs ...

Still, the new forecast is below the 2025 COLA of 2.5% and the average COLA over the past 20 years of 2.6%. It would be the lowest since 2021, when the increase was 1.3%. COLA is not a raise, but ...