The Consumer Price Index is the traditional measure of inflation, but lately the Federal Reserve has paid closer attention to ...

The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate of promoting maximum employment and stable prices, which it tries to foster by targeting low and stable inflation of 2%. Here's how one widely watched measure of ...

The CPI measure of inflation hit a 40-year high of 8% ... the S&P 500 declined on each occasion because of those economic shocks, not because the Fed was cutting rates. However, the below chart ...

While gasoline prices fell in February from January, and food prices were stable month-to-month after substantial increases ...

The development is a positive for the Federal Reserve but likely not enough to trigger a rate cut this month. Overall prices grew 2.8% year over year last month, according to the latest Bureau of ...

Taking stock of the Trump administration's rollout of tariffs, Fed officials actually marked up their outlook for inflation ...

The second major way the Consumer Price Index affects the economy is its effect on monetary policy. The Federal Reserve is charged with the goal of maintaining an inflation rate near 2%.

Markets widely expect the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates steady in March. Forecasts for the February Consumer Price Index report believe inflation moderated somewhat during the month but ...

Taking out $2832.72 will confirm the chart pattern ... term outlook hinges on upcoming inflation data and Fed policy signals. A softer CPI reading could reinforce expectations for rate cuts ...

This is the first time a headline CPI reading has come in lower than the prior month since last September. No clear signal for Fed as unemployment rate eases to 4% The Fed targets an annualized ...