The Federal Reserve operates under a dual mandate: maintaining price stability while also promoting maximum employment. Those two goals rarely move in opposite directions, but when they do, policymakers face a difficult balancing act.
The risk currently attracting attention is stagflation, a term combining “stagnation” and “inflation,” which describes a period where economic growth weakens while prices continue climbing.
Recent economic data has raised concerns that such conditions could begin to emerge.
Here are seven of the best exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to fight stagflation in 2026.
This post originally appeared at U.S. News & World Report.