The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Ticked Up Slightly in December
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
High Inflation Sows Debate About New Fed Playbook for Tariffs
Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect ...
Inflation Worsened in December. What It Means for Fed Rate Cuts.
A spike in energy prices helped to lift the headline PCE price index in December. The combined cost of gasoline, electricity, ...
Fed's Goolsbee comforted by latest inflation data, worried about tariffs
Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said inflation data released on Friday was a bit better than expected and ...
Fed officials wait for clarity on Trump policies
Two Federal Reserve officials seen as representing contrasting sides of the policy spectrum said on Friday they'll be ...
Inflation ticked higher last month, in latest sign of persistent price pressures
WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that ...
Fed’s preferred inflation gauge posts largest monthly gain since April as tariff fears boost spending
“The Fed’s prognosis is for a slower pace of monetary easing moving forward, as the economy is doing well and prices are only slowly returning to target in an environment of great uncertainty,” said ...
Fed’s favoured inflation gauge ends 2024 with a muted advance
On a three-month annualised basis — seen as a more accurate picture of the trajectory of inflation — the core PCE price gauge ...
BlackRock’s Once-Mighty Inflation-Hedge ETF Is Losing Its Crown
A once-dominant BlackRock Inc. bond ETF is at risk of losing its crown as the biggest inflation-hedging product of its kind, ...
US PCE inflation higher than expected in December
The Fed is in no hurry to cut rates. December’s PCE inflation reinforces that stance, with the headline rate ticking up to ...