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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 ...
Soft inflation data meets Middle East turmoil: The week in markets
Major equity indices, which had been hovering near all-time highs, pulled back as geopolitical risks surged back to the ...
Fed expected to keep rates steady as tariff risks outweigh inflation data
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady next week, with investors focused on new central bank ...
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 ...
Inflation Ticked Up to 2.4% in May, Driven by Rising Housing Costs
The consumer price index increased 0.1% for the month of May, lower than economists' predictions, with the annual rate ...
Will Mortgage Rates Change? What New Inflation Data Means
President Donald Trump is expected to double down on his calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a full ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 stocks lose steam despite China trade deal, tame inflation data
Stocks dropped on Wednesday despite news of progress on a trade deal with China and inflation data that remained largely in ...
Is your paycheck keeping pace with inflation? It depends on your job.
The average hourly earnings for private sector workers in Michigan has increased at nearly the same rate as inflation in the ...