The consumer price index report is under intense scrutiny after Trump fired the head of the agency that oversees the data and ...

Pensioners are really impacted by higher inflation because it means inflation reduces potential growth of any funds.

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.

Right now in the U.S., inflation is still higher than policymakers want it, but it has cooled down a bit. So is right now not the right time, as you would see it, for price controls?

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 21, 2024, Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Federal Reserve’s Preferred Measure of Inflation Accelerated in November.

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 ...

The Senior Economist for Nigeria at World Bank Group, Sameer Matta, said this at the launch of the 2025 macroeconomic outlook of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). Speaking during a panel ...

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.

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 ...

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% ...