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Republicans highlight the positives, Democrats the negatives in latest US CPI report; experts say the data is mixed.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that the producer price index (PPI)—a measure of wholesale inflation before it hits ...
If tariff-driven inflation is truly arriving, already low estimations of Trump’s handling of prices could really plunge.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.66% in the week ending Aug. 14, down four basis points from the previous week.
Then one person simply went to Chat GPT 5.0 and asked some very specific questions about what we can do to improve the BLS ...
Inflation held steady in July and ran slightly cooler than expected, increasing the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut next ...
"We doubt that US tariffs will significantly affect inflation in the rest of the world, but if anything, the effect could be ...
The Fed Chair Powell is expected to stay hawkish at the Jackson Hole Symposium and fail to signal an interest rate cut in ...
The Producer Price Index surged in July, in part due to tariffs. Consumers could face sharp inflation again toward the end of ...
Here's a letter from a weary Moneyist reader in the aftermath of the latest inflation data: "I'm confused! Inflation numbers are up and the stock market is also up, supposedly because Wall Street ...
The reality is that consumer inflation (the kind regular schmoes like us feel) was pretty mild. Certain items are getting more expensive, like housing and meat, while others, like gasoline, have ...
The stock market cut losses but it wasn't enough to erase all of the early losses made on a hot inflation report.