Inflation check: Even with gas prices coming down, overall costs will be slower to retreat

Though gas prices are falling, perhaps putting the worst of bruising inflation in the rearview, it's not clear that Americans ...

Inflation topped 4% in May, but the worst may be over

High gas prices pushed annual inflation to the highest level in three years, according to May data released by the Commerce ...
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Consumers See Inflation Falling as Long-Term Expectations Drop to 3.3%

The latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey offered a small but encouraging sign for the economy. While ...

Will Mild Trimmed-Mean Inflation Delay Fed Rate Hikes?

The latest inflation numbers aren’t especially encouraging for Warsh. He's a fan of so‑called trimmed‑mean inflation, which ...
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The Fed’s inflation tracker flashes a warning: April and quarterly forecasts show prices rising as Iran War spikes the price of fuel — and everything

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation tracker just flashed another warning sign for the U.S. economy, and it could spell more financial pain ahead. Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic ...
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Oil Prices Drive Inflation Above Wages: A Blip, Not A Trend

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Inflation Rate Rises Above 4% As Fed Faces Pressure To Act

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Inflation is rising, and the Fed's main tool to fix it might not work

The surge in oil prices is causing a wave of "supply-side" inflation that the Federal Reserve may be unable to counter with its main inflation-fighting tool. The Fed usually raises its fed funds rate ...
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Fed's target inflation rate ticks up, raises questions about policy stance

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation climbed to a three-year high in April, bolstering the growing sentiment among monetary policymakers that price growth should be the central bank's ...
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Wholesale prices rose 1.1% in May, more than expected, on surge in energy

The producer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in May, putting the 12-month wholesale inflation rate at 6.5%, the highest since November 2022. Excluding food and energy, the so-called ...
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Here's the inflation breakdown for May 2026 — in one chart

The consumer price index jumped 4.2% in May versus a year earlier, its highest level in more than three years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gasoline and other energy prices surged ...
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From Bad to Worse: The Federal Reserve's May Inflation Forecast Is Terrible News for Stock Investors

Americans are paying an average of $4.50 per gallon, up about 50% since the start of the conflict. Fuel prices impact just about everything, and that's reflected in April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...