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.

Fed officials refrained from cutting interest rates at their most recent meeting out of concern that inflation is still running over the Fed's 2% target. The stubbornness of inflation, which hasn't ...

Inflation held steady in February as the headline figure for the Consumer Price Index remained at 2.4% year-over-year.

Actual inflation is heavily influenced by the way the public thinks about future inflation. If workers expect to face rising ...

The Federal Reserve sets monetary policy in the United States with two main goals in mind. Its first goal is to provide for stable prices over time, which is to say the Fed has the job of managing ...

Something unusual is unfolding in inflation and interest-rate markets. As oil prices surpass $100 a barrel amid the closure ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the release of fresh inflation data from December that showed price growth has held steady, saying that trend supports his calls for the Federal Reserve to ...

The headline CPI rose 0.2% on a monthly basis, less than economists had forecast, while the core – which excludes food and energy – was in line with estimates, at 0.3%. A 1.5% ...

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