The Dow and the S&P 500 ended slightly higher on Wednesday while the Nasdaq lost ground after October data showed consumer ...
The Labor Department on Wednesday reported that consumer prices in October rose 2.6% from a year earlier. That marks a pickup ...
The new numbers have boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates.
The consumer price index rose 0.2% in October for the fourth straight month, and advanced 2.6% on an annual basis.
Wall Street's three major indexes rose on Wednesday after October data showed consumer prices rising in line with ...
Wall Street remains steady as inflation data aligns with expectations, fueling hopes for future interest rate cuts.
Consumer prices rose fast enough in October to keep the rate of inflation above the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal, posing an ...
The Fed doesn't base its interest-rate moves on the CPI, however. The central bank prefers the less publicized personal-consumption expenditures, or PCE, price index as the best measure of inflation.
Many economists and investors worry that Trump’s economic agenda will be inflationary. In addition to tax cuts, Trump has ...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was asked for his thoughts on large budget deficits and the rising national debt at his ...