The Federal Reserve has been playing a waiting game for months. A lot has changed this week. And the Fed will probably just keep playing the waiting game. The U.S. and China on Monday agreed to a ...

The numbers: The cost of living barely rose in April — and the rate of inflation slowed even closer to prepandemic levels — but it’s unclear whether the recent progress can be sustained as the trade ...

Americans are bracing for inflation, but the greater risk could be a slowdown. The New York Fed Survey of Consumer Expectations for March, released Monday, showed respondents now expect inflation to ...

Inflation isn’t as high as you think — and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh looks less hawkish than advertised.

Fresh inflation data is putting TIPS ETFs back under the microscope, raising a familiar question for investors: Are inflation-protected bond funds headed for another letdown just as inflation fears ...

Annual increase in Fed-favored PCE inflation index decelerates to 2.1% The numbers: The cost of living barely rose in April - and the rate of inflation slowed even closer to prepandemic levels - but ...

The stock market is heading into a week chock-full of possible catalysts. US stocks continued to dip slightly from record highs notched last Thursday, but the move down was fairly tame even as traders ...

U.S. stocks fell Wednesday despite positive news on trade and inflation. Current U.S. tariffs will not change again, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. The U.S. consumer price index for May came ...

The numbers: Cheaper oil has taken some pressure off on the inflation front, but it may only be temporary in the face of a major trade war between the U.S. and China. Wholesale prices in the U.S. fell ...

The volume of world merchandise trade is now expected to grow by 0.8 percent this year – Copyright AFP Don MacKinnon Global trade growth will be sharply lower than ...