Inflation Report Signals December Rate Cut and a Cliffhanger 2026

Fed officials should be able to focus on the wavering labor market and cut interest rates by another quarter percentage point ...

Core Inflation Decelerates for First Time Since April

Friday's inflation data could soothe some worries about price growth. In September, the Fed's preferred inflation metric ...

Core PCE Inflation Cools To 2.8% In September, Lower Than Expected

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, rose 2.8% year-over-year in September. This was lower than the ...

Analysis: How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better

The year-over-year inflation rate in January, the month President Donald Trump returned to the White House, was 3.0%.
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Core CPI Steady, Jobless Claims Jump; But Big Fed Rate Cut Unlikely (Live Coverage)

The consumer price index showed core inflation held steady in August, but initial claims for jobless benefits surged. The Fed is a lock to cut its key interest rate next week, but market expectations ...

Inflation Worries Keep the Fed on Alert. Could This Mean No More Interest Rate Cuts Anytime Soon?

While the Fed predicts inflation will moderate in 2026, Chair Jerome Powell still sees price pressures rising early next year ...
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Key Fed Inflation Rate Overshoots As Layoffs Jump; S&P 500 Climbs

The Federal Reserve's primary inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, rose more than expected in June. The hurdle to a Fed rate cut in September looks higher after Wednesday's meeting. But the S&P ...

Japan's core inflation likely held at 3.0% in November: Reuters poll

Japan's core inflation rate likely held well above the central bank's 2% target in November, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, ...