US President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home, where a strong economy and uncertainty over his own policies have set the stage for the ...
The core index, one that strips volatile food and energy costs and is used by the Fed in setting interest rates, rose 0.2% in December and 2.8% annually, unchanged from November.
Traders on Friday kept bets that the Federal Reserve will wait until June to resume interest rate cuts, after government data ...
The price gauge used by the Federal Reserve to help set U.S. interest rates accelerated in December, pushing the bank further away from its inflation goal and reducing the chance of a another ...
U.S. prices increased in December while consumer spending surged, suggesting that the Federal Reserve could delay cutting ...
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
The latest reading on the Fed's preferred inflation gauge comes just two days after the central bank paused its interest rate cutting cycle.
Inflation rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 2.6% for the year ending in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday in an update to the personal consumption expenditures index, the ...
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said she wants to see additional progress on inflation before the central bank ...
Stock futures are higher Friday morning as investors respond to a steady stream of earnings reports and await the release of a closely followed inflation indicator.
Despite the pause this month, the Fed is still expected to resume rate cuts later this year, aiming to hit 2.5% or lower by ...
These illustrated market experiences are quite different than what most folks believe happens when the Fed lowers rates.