President Trump has been clamoring for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates on the grounds that inflation is much lower than what’s being officially reported. It turns out Trump is spot on, ...

The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue. By Colby Smith and Ben Casselman Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve. Ben ...

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A methodological change contributed to a better-than-expected inflation report, prompting questions from some economists. By Ben Casselman An obscure methodological change lowered a key measure of ...

The United States reported steady inflation for February, but rising geopolitical tensions are complicating the outlook for markets and policymakers. Data released on March 11 by the U.S. Bureau of ...

Five years into an era of stubbornly high prices, U.S. households received a reassuring inflation report Wednesday — one that does not capture a war-driven surge in oil prices. Inflation rose in ...

Annual inflation was unchanged last month at 2.4%, according to the latest Consumer Price Index, released Wednesday. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.3% in February, a faster pace than January’s 0.2% ...

The Iran war-induced oil spike will likely affect inflation in March. Energy could have spillover effects on other areas of the economy. Consumers are already taking a hit over the cost of living.

Egyptian inflation quickened in February, a situation that may be poised to worsen as the knock-on effects from the Iran war pile pressure on the import-reliant economy. Consumer-price growth in urban ...

In what’s likely to be the calm before the storm, Americans’ inflation expectations were little changed in February amid mixed views on the state of the ‌job market and current and future finances.

New data on producer price inflation, or PPI, will be released on Friday. And while it’s not the inflation that faces consumers, it impacts decisions companies make about raising prices. On Friday, ...