Inflation held steady
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The consumer-price index is due out on Tuesday morning, offering the latest insight into how President Trump's tariff policies are feeding into price pressures. Here's what to know: Prices likely rose 2.
Market participants on Tuesday upped their expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year after the release of the July consumer price index (CPI) report. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said core CPI accelerated 3.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the July consumer price index which showed CPI inflation continued to rise as tariffs push prices higher for U.S. businesses and consumers.
The July inflation report keeps an interest-rate cut firmly on the table after the Federal Reserve’s meeting next month. The lack o
The July inflation report is crucial for markets. Sources say both a too-hot and a too-cold CPI reading would be a concern for the economy.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the producer price index jumped more than expected in July, spurring renewed concerns about inflation's economic impact.
U.S. producer prices rose sharply in July, driven by broad increases in service and goods costs, signaling renewed inflationary pressures.
The S&P 500 index rose to a record high Tuesday as July inflation data raised Wall Street’s hopes for rate cuts. The S&P 500 closed 1.1 percent higher, rising more than 70 points to
U.S. Treasury yields rose Tuesday in reaction to the latest inflation report for July, opposite to the reaction in the stock market, which took the latest data to mean the Federal Reserve has a clear runway to lower interest rates at its next policy meeting in September.
Producer prices in July rose faster than forecast across the board, giving investors and the Federal Reserve an inflation surprise just over a week out from Fed Chair Jay Powell's crucial Jackson Hole speech.
Despite a gradual inflation uptrend, the data aligns with Fed projections, keeping a September rate cut in play as the most likely outcome at the next FOMC meeting.
Wall Street's main indexes eased on Thursday, after a hotter-than-expected producer prices report dampened investor expectations of potential interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year.