The Federal Reserve is expected to begin lowering interest rates next month, and that should boost the consumer economy.

If inflation comes in too cold, that would compound some of the evidence that suggests the US economy is slowing ... a potential negative reaction in the market no matter what CPI does tomorrow. If ...

At the moment, the American economy feels a little bit like a hot August afternoon. The air is heavy and still, as lightning ...

"The hardest thing that the Fed ever has to do is get the timing right at moments of transition,” Goolsbee said on NBC News’ ...

For decades, economists and central bankers have relied more on the Core Consumer Price Index than the headline CPI. Click to ...

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, ...

The nation's most important financial institution has always acted independently. President Trump is trying to change that.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming ...

Falling gas prices helped keep overall inflation tame in July; however, a broader array of products got even more expensive ...

Why has inflation risen and what does it mean for households? - July’s inflation rate of 3.8% means that if an item cost £100 a year ago, it would now cost £103.80.

Inflation rose a tenth of a percentage point to 2.3% for the year ending in May, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported in an update to the personal consumption expenditures index, the metric ...