Consumer Pullback Lessens Wall Street’s Inflationary Gloom
US retail sales slumped in January by the most in nearly two years, indicating an abrupt pullback by consumers after a ...
Lower Inflation Wouldn’t Assure Rate Cuts, Fed’s Logan Says
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan urged policymakers to remain cautious in the coming months, reiterating ...
Inflation, interest rates, and market confusion: What’s next?
It’s not logical for the dollar to fall when the US has the better growth, inflation not cooling, a semi-hawkish central ...
Trump’s inflation challenge in 6 charts
President Donald Trump took office with a promise to “immediately bring prices down.” But conquering inflation is tricky, and ...
Markets Flash Glimpses of Trump Fatigue as Tariff Risk Queried
Growing speculation the new tariffs threatened by US President Donald Trump are mainly intended as a negotiating tool is ...
US Inflation News Gets Worse as Wholesale Prices Jump
The producer price index for final demand climbed 0.4% from a month earlier, and that after an upwardly revised 0.5% increase ...
Key part of PPI report suggests Fed’s favorite inflation barometer won’t run as hot
Even though wholesale prices surged in January, some costs, such as for healthcare, insurance and plane tickets, were lower than expected. As a result, Wall Street has lowered its forecast for the ...
Seasonality to Blame for Hot US CPI, Bloomberg Economics Says
The jump in US inflation last month that surprised investors was mostly due to the way the government adjusts for typical ...
Stock market today: Dow leads stocks lower as hot inflation data pushes back rate cut hopes
US stocks were largely lower on Wednesday as investors digested a hotter-than-expected January inflation reading and ...
Here's the inflation breakdown for January 2025 — in one chart
The consumer price index rose 3% on the year in January 2025. Economists worry that broad disinflation is over, even as ...
Gold dives 1% lower in CPI aftermath
Gold’s price (XAU/USD) is facing a dive lower and says goodbey to $2,900 for now after the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data ...
Inflation leaped 3% in January. Here's what it means for Fed rate cuts
The Fed lowered its key interest rate by a total percentage point at three meetings late last year but held it steady in late January as inflation remained stuck just below 3%. Wednesday’s report on ...