Inflation has been top of mind in recent years. Most of Wall Street follows the CPI but the Fed favors the PCE. Here's why.

Ongoing tariff fears and souring consumer sentiment are also pushing stocks lower.

President Trump's tariffs are going to affect products imported by U.S. companies, with importing companies likely to pass on those costs to consumers through higher prices.

Core inflation serves as a more reliable gauge of persistent inflation trends by omitting the volatile food and energy prices from its calculations. As such, the 0.4% monthly increase in core ...

other methods of removing outliers from inflation metrics also showed significant improvement in February. One such statistic, median CPI, fell to its lowest level since October 2021. Another of ...

However, the Commerce Department announced Friday that the Fed's key inflation measure expanded more than expected in ...

data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed consumers spent less than forecast in March while inflation rose more ...

Higher-than-expected inflation data dampens hopes for imminent interest rate cuts, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures ...

Hot inflation and cooling consumer spending are trends that are likely to be intensified by President Trump’s aggressive moves on tariffs and government spending cuts. Stagflation fears are rising and ...

President Trump laid out his long-awaited tariff plans — and Wall Street economists are reacting with recession warnings.