January PCE inflation report: headline & core PCE vs expectations, plus income and spending trends—key Fed signal for rates.

The Federal Reserve has now cut interest rates for the third straight meeting, but the decision was anything but unanimous. Three officials broke ranks, arguing that with inflation still running above ...

The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, indicated a 0.2% monthly rise while the annual rate was 2.8%. Federal Reserve officials use the ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent last month, up from 0.2 percent in January. On a year-over-year basis, headline inflation was unchanged at 2.4 percent.

The January CPI report showed cooling inflation, a key factor in whether the Federal Reserve resumes interest rate cuts.

U.S. inflation remained at 2.4% in February 2026, reflecting stable core CPI and moderate sector price growth.

Fed officials should be able to focus on the wavering labor market and cut interest rates by another quarter percentage point at their final meeting of the year next week, thanks to relatively stable ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index increased 2.7% in December from year-ago levels after rising by the same 2.7% rate in November. Year-over-year core CPI (which ...