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The Republican Party is rejecting elite economic ideas in a bid for blue-collar votes, abandoning long-held free-market principles in the process.

People are snapping up chickens that are “heavy layers” in response to egg inflation. The chick situation holds lessons about the broader economy.

Prices have increased rapidly since last year, but barely budged in July — a positive development, though not yet enough for a victory lap.

Supplies of goods are coming up short in the pandemic, and prices have jumped. Some economists warn that the changes could linger.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine could push up oil and food prices globally at a time of already-high inflation. In the U.S., it will drive...

The White House is emphasizing that inflation is worldwide. Economists say that’s true — but stimulus-spurred consumer buying is also to blame.