A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices ...
M/M vs. +0.3% consensus and +0.3% prior, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
The January CPI report showed cooling inflation, a key factor in whether the Federal Reserve resumes interest rate cuts.
The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed's primary inflation reading, rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.3%. Excluding food and ...
While headline CPI inflation held steady, pleasing markets and boosting expectations for a rate cut next month, worryingly, core inflation accelerated to a five-month high. Headline inflation stayed ...
Cooling US inflation and steady job growth in January strengthen hopes the economy can avoid recession in 2026.
The story in January 2026 is that the waters remain muddied by the government-shutdown-induced gap. The current y/y figures are all flattered by that event, and exaggerate how good the inflation ...
Core inflation, which excludes the more volatile costs of food and energy and is considered a better indicator of underlying price trends, decelerated last month. Core CPI inflation was 2.5% year over ...
Due to the new series, inflation is seen to be lower than earlier-projected, giving room for the central bank to extend the ...