Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said that inflation is a "choice." The same could also be true of how inflation is measured. Warsh has formulated five task forces to look at an array of Fed ...

A closely watched measure of inflation ticked up as the conflict in the Middle East inflated energy prices. By Ben Casselman Ben Casselman is the Times’s chief economics correspondent. The war with ...

High gas prices pushed annual inflation to the highest level in three years, according to May data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the ...

The Federal Reserve’s new chairman has vowed to deliver price stability, but officials are at odds over whether that will require higher borrowing costs. By Colby Smith and Ben Casselman Colby Smith ...

Everyday savers shouldn't jump at tips they see on social media about buying bitcoin as an inflation hedge, experts say. The narrative of bitcoin as an inflation hedge feeds on the notion of a fixed ...

The annual rate of PCE inflation is forecast to be 4.1% by FactSet, its highest level since April 2023. Economists expect May to mark this year’s inflation peak, as lower oil prices and easing tariff ...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released UK inflation data for May 2026. Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation stayed at 2.8% in the 12 months to May, the same as in the previous month’s ...

Inflation hit its highest level in three years last month, according to fresh data released this week — but new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh wants the central bank to focus on different measures.

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President Donald Trump said on June 10, 'I love the inflation.' The May CPI report shows prices have gone up 4.2% since the year prior. Trump later told the New York Post he said he thought the ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about the nation's sharp increase in consumer prices, telling reporters that he loves the inflation as gas prices remain high as a result of ...

The latest consumer price index report showed inflation hit a 3-year high in May. But there are also signs in it that inflation is still contained. Core inflation — which excludes the prices of food ...