The Fed is in a holding pattern, awaiting more data, with December showing strong consumption but moderate inflation, suggesting disinflationary trends.

Consumers keep spending, while inflation edges higher.Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) grew by a strong 0.7 percent in December, easily ...

Investing.com - The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index accelerated slightly in December, in line with estimates, while the pace of consumer spending unexpectedly rose ...

The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 2.6 percent in the 12 months to December, up from 2.4 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. From the ...

The cost of living as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures Index rose 2.6% over the year in December, up from 2.4% in November, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday in a ...

The personal consumption expenditures index rose 2.6% in December. Core PCE, omitting food and energy, was 2.8%. Advertisement The December monthly increase was .07%, bringing the annual core PCE ...

The surprising strength of the U.S. jobs market and the stickiness of inflation have led economists to mull what was once unthinkable — a possible interest rate rise by the Federal Reserve this ...

Friday's Personal Consumption Expenditure index from the U.S. Commerce Department finds prices moved up 0.3% on a monthly basis and 0.2% over the last 12 months to an annual rate of 2.6% in December.

The historical data would seem to back him up: Federal revenue, at 17.1% of GDP during the last fiscal year, was at just about the post-World War II average of 17.2%, but spending was 23.4% ...

With the election decided and future policy easier to predict, economists can examine the coming years with increasing surety.