The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Ticked Up Slightly in December
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
US Inflation Is Lingering and Tariffs Threatened by Trump Could Nudge Prices in Wrong Direction
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that some consumer prices ...
Inflation Worsened in December. What It Means for Fed Rate Cuts.
A spike in energy prices helped to lift the headline PCE price index in December. The combined cost of gasoline, electricity, ...
High Inflation Sows Debate About New Fed Playbook for Tariffs
Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect ...
Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to lower costs
U.S. consumers grappling with soaring prices for beef and eggs will face even higher costs for meat, vegetables and fruit if ...
U.S. inflation ticked higher last month, in latest sign of persistent price pressures
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that some consumer prices ...
Inflation gauge favored by Fed showed price growth picked up in December
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, known as the personal consumption expenditures index, rose in December in ...
Will Salary Increases Outpace Inflation In 2025?
Even as economies shift after several years of aggressive salary growth combined with talent shortages, salary increases ...
Inflation finishes 2024 well above Fed’s 2% target, PCE shows. Rate cuts on hold.
The price gauge used by the Federal Reserve to help set U.S. interest rates accelerated in December, pushing the bank further ...
8 ways investors can play a possible Trump-driven inflation shock that deprives the market of rate cuts
Tax cuts, deregulation, and protectionist policies, sounds like a deal for the domestic economy. But it could upset the ...
Largest Inflation-Hedge ETF Is At Risk of Losing Its Crown
A once-dominant BlackRock Inc. bond ETF is at risk of losing its crown as the biggest inflation-hedging product of its kind, ...
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Inflation is stuck
If you take energy and food out of the equation, annual inflation has been sitting around 2.7 or 2.8% since July. Also: a ...