About the author: David Beckworth is a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center and host of the Macro Musings podcast. The last mile of a long journey is often the hardest. The Federal Reserve ...

The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 2.7% in November, cooler than economists had forecast and a sign that price pressures may be easing.

(CNN) — The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising at the fastest pace since the start of the year. Consumer prices rose 0.3% in September, which drove the ...

Speaking on The Wall Street Journal’s Take On the Week podcast, Hammack said her expectation is that rates can remain ...

Inflation unexpectedly – and sharply – slowed in November, a seemingly welcome change for Americans weighed down by the persistently high cost of living.

South Africa’s central bank credited its new 3% inflation target for already helping guide expectations lower across the economy, after the formal adoption of the goal last month.

An initial reading of third-quarter gross domestic product showed the US economy expanded at an inflation-adjusted annualized rate of 4.3%, a far faster pace than the 3.8% recorded in the second ...

The Inland Empire posted the region’s fastest inflation rate of 4.5% in November, the highest since September 2023.