Inflation continued its downward trajectory in August, according to data released Wednesday morning, though the focus for the health of the U.S. economy has largely shifted from whether inflation will ...

Consumer prices rose slightly in September as the Federal Reserve prepared to cut interest rates and ease off the brakes of the U.S. economy. The consumer price index, a closely watched gauge of ...

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WASHINGTON — Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing ...

Inflation cooled last month, but the latest data may offer less comfort to U.S. businesses, consumers, and Federal Reserve ...

Also Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said that GDP increased by 4.4%, a slight upward revision from the previous estimate of 4.3%. The addition came from increases in exports and investment ...

Inflation fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 2.1% for the year ending in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday in an update to the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge. That ties ...

Price hikes slowed more than expected in July, and, for the first time in more than three years, the Consumer Price Index has landed below 3%. That paves the way for the Federal Reserve to cut rates ...