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According to the most recent BLS reading, released Wednesday morning, February saw less steep price increases for consumers. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.2 percent, a slowdown from January ...

Fed policymakers have said they will respond if the unemployment rate rises unexpectedly, but they also say they need to see ...

The much-anticipated inflation data for the United States has shown a significant drop in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), ...

U.S. consumer prices increased moderately in February as higher shelter costs were partially offset by cheaper airline fares, ...

Inflation was down in February across the board, with core prices excluding food and energy rising at half the January pace.

Inflation eased in Feb. 2025, coming in lower than expected, reinforcing Fed's path towards rate cuts. CPI fell to 2.8%, down from 3.0% in Jan.

Several weeks ago, Paulsen called the current market selloff caused by growth-slowdown fears. He posited that several contractionary forces would slow growth and spark recession fears that create a ...

There is no doubt that the U.S. economy is slowing. This appears to be a worldwide phenomenon as the economies of China and ...

A top Fed official and the chief economist at Apollo both sounded the alarm on stagflation risks this week.

propelling President Donald Trump to the White House and causing the Federal Reserve to rapidly raise interest rates to tame prices. It has since fallen from a peak of 7.2%. Last month’s decline could ...