Federal Reserve System, inflation and rates
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The worst U.S. inflation outbreak in a generation turns five years old this month, a defining economic shock that is still driving policy debates.
A hotter-than-expected PPI could be bad news for investors.
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U.S. stocks slumped after a report said inflation was primed to worsen even before the war with Iran sent oil prices spiking
Traders now expect Europe’s central bankers to raise rates this year to address a sharp increase in inflation because of higher energy prices.
Inflation rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 2.8% for the year ending in November 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in an update to the personal consumption expenditures index, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation ...
Central banks have good reason to sit up and take notice of how this month's oil shock is hitting inflation expectations. Yet financial market pricing shows a split picture so far. It looks like a one-two punch: a near-term cost-of-living burst that subsides again over the longer term.
A methodological change contributed to a better-than-expected inflation report, prompting questions from some economists.
There are few countries in the world right now where interest rates are moving lower. In Argentina, they’re plunging.