The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Index, a key measure of inflation, showing just a fractional a 0.3% increase last month as President Donald Trump begins to tackle the economy.

Several surveys reported a surge in inflation expectations triggered by rising costs of essential goods and the projected impact of tariffs imposed by the US administration.

Polls show that Americans’ confidence is slipping in President Trump’s ability to handle the economy – the most important issue in the 2024 election and the one that likely carried Trump to a

During the first month of his second term, Donald Trump’s popularity started out mildly positive but has slowly eroded, according to the FiveThirtyEight averages. As of January 24, his job-approval ratio was 49.