Inflation heated up more than expected in January, as prices for groceries, housing and energy all rose for Americans in early 2025, complicating President Donald Trump’s agenda. A key gauge of ...
By Colby Smith Getting inflation under control since the worst surge in decades has been a bumpy process in recent months. New data on Friday showed a little progress, but also an unexpected ...
Inflation picked up for a fourth straight month in January amid another rise in in food and energy costs, possibly setting the stage for a year of halting progress in the battle to slow consumer ...
In her conclusion, "the economy and financial system are in a good place." Progress has been made in bringing down inflation, but the path is bumpy and there are numerous risks to the outlook.
"What we're seeing is a very broad-based conclusion or opinion among consumers that inflation is going to pick up in the year ahead, as well as the next five years," Joanne Hsu, director of ...
The January Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation rose more than economists expected last month, likely cementing the case that the Federal Reserve will again keep interest rates on ...
The report, which marks the fourth consecutive month of higher inflation, showed that the following items saw price increases on a month-over-month basis. Recent sticky inflation data backs the ...
As it turned out, analysts were looking at different measures and time periods, and sometimes reaching opposite conclusions. For example: hourly wages have mostly outpaced inflation since the ...