--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Economy ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 21, 2026 ## [Why Rent Keeps Rising Because of Wall Street](https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/why-rent-keeps-rising-because-of-wall-street/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Anisha Steephen *  Jun 19, 2026 ## [Gas Prices Could Take Months to Return to Pre-War Levels Even After U.S.-Iran Deal](https://time.com/article/2026/06/19/us-iran-deal-strait-hormuz-shipping-oil-gas-prices/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Jun 18, 2026 ## [World's Top Consumers Cause Up to $5.7 Trillion Per Year in Environmental Harm](https://time.com/article/2026/06/18/top-10-percent-global-consumers-biggest-climate-impact/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) by Simmone Shah *  Jun 11, 2026 ## [Trump Says ‘I Love the Inflation’](https://time.com/article/2026/06/11/trump-love-inflation-consumer-price-index-iran-war/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Chad de Guzman *  Jun 10, 2026 ## [Social Security Trustees Say Retirement Fund Will Run Out by 2032: What to Know](https://time.com/article/2026/06/10/social-security-retirement-medicare-disability-fund-trump/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  May 20, 2026 ## [Democrats Criticize Trump After He Dismisses Soaring Gas Prices as ‘Peanuts’](https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/democrats-criticize-trump-dismissing-soaring-gas-prices-iran-war-fallout/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Tiago Ventura *  May 18, 2026 ## [Americans Sour on Trump Over Inflation and the Iran War](https://time.com/article/2026/05/18/trump-approval-rating-iran-war-economy/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Rebecca Schneid *  May 13, 2026 ## [This Is Where Inflation Is Biting the Hardest for Americans](https://time.com/article/2026/05/13/inflation-gas-prices-food-tariffs-trump/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Rebecca Schneid *  May 13, 2026 ## [Trump Shrugs Off Economic Impact of Iran War on Americans](https://time.com/article/2026/05/13/trump-economy-financial-concerns-us-pentagon-iran-war-cost/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Apr 17, 2026 ## [How U.S. Businesses Can Apply for Tariff Refunds](https://time.com/article/2026/04/17/tariff-refund-cbp-import-duties-trump/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Apr 15, 2026 ## [War on Iran Could Lead to Global Recession, IMF Warns](https://time.com/article/2026/04/15/imf-global-recession-war-us-israel-iran-energy-hormuz/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Apr 10, 2026 ## [White House Reportedly Warns Staff Against Insider Trading](https://time.com/article/2026/04/10/white-house-oil-prediction-markets-polymarket-bets-insider-trading-war/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Mar 31, 2026 ## [To Protect the American Dream, We Need Capitalism for All](https://time.com/article/2026/03/30/to-protect-the-american-dream-we-need-capitalism-for-all/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by John Hope Bryant *  Mar 31, 2026 ## [How High Could U.S. Gas Prices Go?](https://time.com/article/2026/03/31/gas-prices-us-iran-war/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Chad de Guzman and Rebecca Schneid *  Mar 19, 2026 ## [U.S. National Debt Soars Past $39 Trillion](https://time.com/article/2026/03/19/united-states-national-debt-trillions-iran-war/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Callum Sutherland ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}}]}] ```