Inflation was unexpectedly cool in November, as measured by Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), the measure preferred by Federal Reserve policymakers. The yearly inflation rate ticked to 2.4% ...

A measure of underlying U.S. inflation remained firm in October, underscoring the ongoing risks Federal Reserve officials face in trying to bring price pressures fully under control. The so-called ...

Specialized inflation metrics, like the Cleveland Fed’s trimmed mean and median inflation measures, indicate that progress is slow. Both metrics are still above 3%.

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation likely stayed too hot for comfort in October, though possibly not hot enough to derail the central bank's expected move to cut interest rates ...

According to the Fed’s preferred measure, inflation fell to 2.5% last month, far below its peak of 7.1% two years ago and only slightly above the central bank’s 2% target level.

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation rose 0.1% from April to May, the smallest increase since the spring of 2020, when the pandemic erupted and shut down the economy.

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 1, 2025, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Key Measure Of Inflation Rose in June, Pressing Fed.

Inflation in the United States ticked up in October, driven by costlier rents, used cars and airfares, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after having slowed in September to their ...

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so called core producer prices were also unchanged from May and up 2.6% from June 2024. The report on wholesale inflation came a day after the Labor ...