Dow opens 100 points higher after PCE inflation report, Apple earnings
U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday after an earnings report from Apple impressed investors by showing strong growth in the consumer-tech giant's services business. Later, a reading from the Federal ...
Trump may be his own worst enemy in his fight against the Fed
Trump said Powell and the Fed "failed to stop the problem they created with inflation" in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday ...
The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Ticked Up Slightly in December
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
BlackRock’s Once-Mighty Inflation-Hedge ETF Is Losing Its Crown
A once-dominant BlackRock Inc. bond ETF is at risk of losing its crown as the biggest inflation-hedging product of its kind, ...
Fed’s preferred inflation gauge posts largest monthly gain since April as tariff fears boost spending
“The Fed’s prognosis is for a slower pace of monetary easing moving forward, as the economy is doing well and prices are only slowly returning to target in an environment of great uncertainty,” said ...
Will home equity loan interest rates fall this February?
With the Fed pausing interest rates, prospective borrowers may be contemplating the short-term future of interest rates.
US inflation rises in December; consumer spending accelerates
U.S. prices increased in December while consumer spending surged, suggesting that the Federal Reserve could delay cutting interest rates for some time this year. The personal consumption expenditures ...
Key Fed measure shows core inflation at 2.8%, in line with expectations
Inflation closed out 2024 on a strong note, as a price gauge the Federal Reserve focuses on came in well above the central ...
Fed’s Goolsbee Lauds Inflation Progress But Supports Slower Pace
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee praised the latest inflation data, adding it’s appropriate to lower interest rates as price growth slows.
Fed’s favoured inflation gauge ends 2024 with a muted advance
On a three-month annualised basis — seen as a more accurate picture of the trajectory of inflation — the core PCE price gauge ...
Stock markets gain at end of turbulent week
Major stock markets rose Friday, as a key US inflation reading met expectations and strong results from Apple reassured ...
US inflation is lingering and tariffs threatened by Trump could nudge prices in wrong direction
The latest inflation figures arrive as President Donald Trump has threatened to impose big import taxes on goods from Canada ...