Trump has promised to cut regulations, impose sweeping tariffs, overhaul energy policy and lower interest rates. But not all of those measures will bring down inflation.

At their last meeting in December, U.S. Federal Reserve officials were worried about inflation getting stuck above their 2% target and had watched job gains seesaw in what seemed an emerging decline.

Economists and analysts aren’t convinced that an expansion of oil and gas production will lower consumer prices.

Trump will probably seek to ease inflation and lower prices by drilling for more oil, loosening regulations, reducing federal spending, experts say.

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Global inflation hasn’t yet died and advanced economies outside China can’t be complacent at a time of fickle consumers and trade tensions, according to the last Davos panel of 2025.

And all this productivity is why wage growth keeps beating inflation, said Betsey Stevenson, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan. “Real wage growth has to come from productivity growth. Because we’re doing more with less, we get more in the end,” she said.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced inflation refund checks of up to $500 will be paid to eligible New Yorkers.

Next week brings a slew of earnings from big tech companies and from other blue chips in areas such as credit cards, defense, energy and telecoms. Wednesday is shaping up to be the busiest day, with the Federal Reserve poised to make its first rate decision under a Trump presidency,

Foreign investors are flocking to Turkey's local debt markets, saying they are impressed by interest rate cuts and easing inflation and are hoping that a regional transformation could further boost their bets on the economy.

Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.

The Bank of England must contend with a slowdown in Britain's economy but also stubborn inflation pressures when it considers whether to cut interest rates in early February as well as its message about the outlook for the rest of the year.