But low unemployment and strong job growth have a downside: A robust job market can drive higher inflation, setting the Federal Reserve on a course to try to reduce it — which can mean a longer ...

Spencer Platt / Getty Images Inflation was unexpectedly cool in November, as measured by Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), the measure preferred by Federal Reserve policymakers. The yearly ...

By Jeanna Smialek Federal Reserve officials are closely watching how inflation shapes up as they contemplate when and how much to cut interest rates in 2025, and the latest inflation data offers ...

In November, a Cabinet Minister reportedly stated at a press conference that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should focus on growth and not be concerned with food price inflation. Though the ...

First, inflation using the Personal Consumption Expenditures measure, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure when making decisions: PCE inflation rates over time. Put succinctly ...

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying inflation was muted in November, a step in the right direction for policymakers looking to cut interest rates further in 2025. The so-called ...

TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while services inflation held steady, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations for a near-term ...

But what economists call “soft landings” – when an economy slows just enough to curb inflation, but not enough to cause a recession – are only soft until they aren’t. As we turn to 2025 ...

Remember when inflation was “transitory”? “We have in recent months seen some inflation,” Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said in June 2021, adding that the United States would probably ...

Economists raised their projections for US inflation next year on tariff concerns and now expect one less interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve than they anticipated a month ago. According to ...

Rachel Reeves has repeatedly told us that Labour will not play "fast and loose" with the public finances but is the government playing fast and loose with inflation? At 2.6%, the inflation rate is ...

But what appeared to be a hot job market was actually a symptom — not the cause — of the recent bout of inflation, according to new research that explored the consequences of unexpected rising ...