What's The Relationship Between Commodity Prices And Inflation?
Data suggests commodity prices have a relatively high positive correlation to the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price indexSince 2000, ...
Consumer Price Index: Inflation Heats Up To 3.0% In January
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, after rising 0.4% ...
December wholesale prices up a hot 0.4% as fight against inflation appears to have stalled
U.S. wholesale prices came in hotter than expected last month at a time when progress against inflation appears to have ...
CPI and PPI Reports Suggest Fed May Catch a Break on Inflation
Two major indicators this week both showed inflation running a little hotter than expected last month. But there may still be some good news ...
Key Fed Indicator Shows Inflation Rose in December
The core index, one that strips volatile food and energy costs and is used by the Fed in setting interest rates, rose 0.2% in ...
10-year Treasury yield drops by most in a month on hope for Fed's favored inflation gauge
Data released on Thursday showed that wholesale prices rose sharply in January amid persistent inflation pressures. The producer-price index increased 0.4% last month versus the 0.3% median estimate ...
Wholesale Price Inflation Persisted in January
The producer-price index grew at a faster rate than expected in January, a further sign of stubborn inflation after a greater-than-expected increase in the CPI last month. The PPI increased by 0.4% in ...
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Dollar falls as data signals lower core inflation ahead
NEW YORK >> The dollar slipped today after components of January’s producer price report pointed to lower inflation, and fell further after the White House said that reciprocal tariffs on other ...
A Closer Look at PCE Data Shows Progress in Taming Inflation
This chart shows how the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge has moved in recent years—including the spike in price pressures resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Key part of PPI report suggests Fed’s favorite inflation barometer won’t run as hot
Even though wholesale prices surged in January, some costs, such as for healthcare, insurance and plane tickets, were lower than expected. As a result, Wall Street has lowered its forecast for the ...
Inflation gauge favored by Fed showed price growth picked up in December
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, known as the personal consumption expenditures index, rose in December in ...
PPI points to marginally cooler reading for Fed’s favored inflation gauge, helping pull down Treasury yields
A hotter-than-expected January producer-price index following Wednesday's too-warm-for-comfort consumer price index won't dispel jitters over sticky inflation. But investors appeared to be taking ...