When President Jimmy Carter’s reelection campaign advisers were planning a key West Coast swing through Washington, Oregon ...

The U.S. housing market is showing troubling signs of weakness—inventory is near historic lows, baby boomers are staying put, ...

It could just be me, but 2025 is starting to look like 1980.

In the first five months of President Donald Trump’s second term, blue-collar hourly workers have experienced a nearly 2 ...

Despite high inflation expectations, price pressures have steadily cooled, with May’s CPI at just 2.4%. This suggests public ...

During Carter's eulogy, Biden, who will leave office in 11 days, hinted at politics in repeating several times that “character” was Carter's chief attribute. Biden said that Carter taught him that ...

President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, ... However, he also oversaw inflation and an American hostage crisis that likely cost his re-election, ...

THE LOW POINT OF JIMMY CARTER’S AWFUL PRESIDENCY. ... Inflation was already high, 6.3%, when Carter took office. By the time of the malaise speech, it had risen to 9.6%.

For President Jimmy Carter, the indignities were many. Unable to secure the freedom of the American hostages in Iran, powerless against an inflation crisis, challenged by a member of his own party ...

WASHINGTON – Jimmy Carter could have been tossed off as little more than a failed one-term president who presided over rampant inflation, a gas shortage and the Iran hostage crisis.. Instead, he ...

Jimmy Carter meets with cabinet members to discuss energy and inflation policy in 1979. (© CORBIS / Corbis via Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree ...

By June 1980, oil prices had jumped from $14 to $40 a barrel, and inflation had skyrocketed to a record high of 13.5%. This spike in inflation, coupled with rising unemployment, plunged the U.S ...