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Q&A: What’s Happening With Inflation Data?
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said a hiring freeze was forcing it to cut back on the number of businesses where ...
Fed Expected to Keep Rates Steady as Tariff Risks Outweigh Inflation Data
Trump has demanded the U.S. central bank lower its benchmark overnight interest rate immediately by a full percentage point, ...
Fed to keep rates steady as tariffs, possible oil shock counter inflation data
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady next week, with investors focused on new central bank ...
Treasury Yields Lifted by Inflation Worries, Consumer Sentiment Data
Treasury yields are higher Friday, with investors calculating that the surge in oil prices could push up overall inflation ...
US wholesale inflation heated up in May
The latest Producer Price Index, a closely watched measurement of wholesale inflation, rose 0.1% in May, lifting the annual ...
U.S. data quality has been declining for years. Now Trump’s cutbacks are leading economists to question its figures
Decades of declining quality and accuracy in federal statistics, exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s cuts, have economists questioning data that inform everything from the Federal Reserve’s ...
Will mortgage rates change? What new inflation data means
A lower-than-expected increase in inflation last month shows that the impact of the Trump administration's tariffs on the U.S ...
US stocks rise on China trade deal, tame inflation data despite Trump’s tariffs
US stocks inched higher Wednesday morning following news of progress on a trade deal with China and inflation data that ...
Wall Street Rises After Cooler May Inflation Data
The U.S. stock market has rallied in recent weeks, recovering from a slump in April sparked by Trump's "Liberation Day" ...
Why some economists are worried about U.S. inflation data
The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages.
Inflation data threatened by government hiring freeze as tariffs loom
The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring ...
Three reasons why higher inflation data may not help the dollar
Conventional wisdom dictates that higher-than-expected inflation readings push the dollar higher because markets anticipate the Fed will hike rates in response. That’s not necessarily true, according ...