Based on the CPI, inflation is relatively cool. Don't be fooled. It's much higher than advertised and you can see it if you ...

Those objectives are at odds right now, and policymakers are split on where interest rates should go from here. Uncertainty ...

There were some encouraging economic developments this week that millions of Americans likely warmly welcomed. The unemployment rate in January, for example, declined to 4.3% as employers added more ...

Just when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation has come back to bite us again. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) predicts it will linger for longer ...

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Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve. Inflation in the United States eased at the start of 2026, providing a reprieve to the Federal Reserve as it contends with yet another year of consumer prices ...

The US government reported Friday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 2.4% through January, a noticeable slowdown from December's 2.7% pace and the lowest increase since May 2025. The CPI ...

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Inflation cooled a bit more than forecasters expected in January, with prices rising 2.4% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Feb. 13. The report, which was delayed two days due to a brief ...

These numbers come from the real-time price aggregator Truflation, which monitors millions of prices daily. That is orders of magnitude higher than the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which observes ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. WASHINGTON — Consumer prices edged lower last month, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a reading that is likely to reinforce the Federal ...

Inflation worries have convinced markets that the odds are low for a cut in interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve.