Core inflation — which strips out energy and food prices, which can be volatile categories — was at 2.8% in April. "I think ...

The CPI report was cooler than expected, although inflation is still higher than the Federal Reserve's 2% annual goal.

Goods inflation has largely normalized, while services is a fly in the ointment. "The goods side looks very benign at the moment," said Olivia Cross, a North America economist at Capital Economics.

Take a look at how various financial markets have traded following the release of April’s consumer-price index: Treasury ...

Get it wrong and the US could get stuck in the dreaded "stagflation," a condition in which inflation is taking ... Corporate America is suffocated by higher costs and lower revenue.

The Berenberg economics team led by Holger Schmieding produced this striking chart, showing how interest-rate expectations ...

Americans are still dreading a recession and rising inflation, even after President Donald Trump paused his massive tariff hike on dozens of countries. Consumer sentiment plunged 8% in April from ...

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Correlation of Tariff Revenues with Inflation Chart by author On the other hand, tariff revenues do correlate moderately well with the Yuan/Dollar exchange rate, lagged by two quarters.

Inflation throttled back in March, largely on lower gasoline prices — but tariffs threaten to reverse that downward trend in coming months while trouble also lurks in certain categories like ...