The Federal Reserve lowered its target for the Fed funds rate by another 25 basis points last week. But why should you care?

October retail sales loom after in-line inflation data and Jerome Powell's comments casting doubt on Fed rate cuts. S&P 500 ...

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for baked foods and cereal products rose at a higher rate sequentially and ...

“Biden/Harris don’t bear primary blame for the inflation,” said Jeffrey Frankel, a Harvard University economist. “Primary ...

“On a month-on-month basis, however, October 2024 Food inflation was highest in Adamawa (5.08%), Sokoto (4.86%), and Yobe (4.34%), while Kwara (1.11%), Ondo (1.31%) and Kogi (1.50%) recorded the ...

"Inflation comes back into focus with the possibility of higher tariffs in the next administration, but this is probably not sufficient to alter the Fed course on interest rates in the next meeting," ...

A Reuters poll conducted on Oct. 3-11 showed a very slim majority of economists projecting the Bank of Japan to forgo raising ...

Our new data page, CPI Inflation Contributions from Goods and Services, details the evolution of inflation using the consumer ...

U.S. stock futures were lower Wednesday as Wall Street awaited the latest consumer price index (CPI) data for insights on the pace of inflation. Futures tied to major indices slipped, with the Dow ...

Mortgage rates fell slightly in the week ending Nov. 14, marking the first time weekly rates have gone down since September.

October's Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures changes in the cost of consumer goods and services, showed that annual inflation rose by 2.6%. That's not an alarmingly high rate of inflation.