Is the best-known U.S. inflation report becoming less accurate because of the Trump administration's hiring freeze? The federal agency responsible for collecting inflation data says no - but it admits ...

The U.S. Labor Department's economic statistics arm said on Wednesday it was reducing the Consumer Price Index collection ...

Inflation came in cooler for February. That could give Federal Reserve officials extra confidence that price pressures were easing in the U.S. economy, just as President Trump slapped new tariffs ...

Forecasters anticipate that inflation as measured by the Fed's preferred gauge will show a mild gain in May after the Labor Department's consumer-price index showed price pressures eased last month.

The US CPI numbers reported on Tuesday, 13th May, extended the downward trend that began in mid-2022. As illustrated by the following chart, the year-over-year growth ... at which time the Fed was ...

In total, the cuts amount to $350 million, or about 1.5 percent of the $22.9 billion in annual federal funds that flow into Massachusetts. The state depends heavily on this money to support its ...

Recall that the real (inflation-adjusted) federal funds rate target is equal to the nominal target set by the Fed, minus expected inflation. To the extent that they coincide with lower inflation ...

Harvard University is preparing for steep budget cuts and program suspensions as the federal government continues to target ... and sacrifices ahead,” but said “together, we will chart a path forward ...

Trump blasts Fed's Powell, demands rate cuts after ... The catalyst for Trump’s remarks was Tuesday’s consumer price index (CPI) report, which indicated a year-over-year price increase of ...