Wednesday's Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics had a mixed bag for economists, showing a surprisingly flat month over month number with the annual number remaining above 3 ...

When most investors think about inflation, they think about the Consumer Price Index. But for the Federal Reserve’s decisions on interest rates, another government report looms larger: the Personal ...

The federal government produces two ways to measure inflation: There’s the consumer price index — the August reading comes Wednesday — and there’s the personal consumption expenditures price index, ...

The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation metric over the past 25 years, came in lower than expected recently, encouraging news for Wall Street ...

Goldman Sachs just sent a sobering warning to the Federal Reserve. After analyzing a "noisy" January CPI report, the firm’s economists, led by Jan Hatzius, officially reset their forecast for the ...

The latest PCE inflation data shows persistent price pressures as core inflation continues to run above the Federal Reserve's ...

December CPI rose 0.3%, matching expectations, with core CPI cooler at 0.2%, holding the annual rate at 2.6%. Core goods inflation was flat, aided by a 1.1% drop in used vehicle prices; shelter and ...

Habit and timing play important roles in the market’s preference for CPI, despite PCE offering a more dynamic and comprehensive measure. CPI, typically 0.4 percentage points higher than PCE, saw its ...

The so-called "inflation wedge" isn't going anywhere, March data show. With the release of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge Friday, investors and economists now have all the ...

The March Personal Consumption Expenditures price index is forecast to show a mixed picture of inflation trends, potentially reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s resolve to hold off on interest rate ...

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge confirmed stubborn price growth might be harder to tame than the central bank and markets previously expected. Here's what the March ...

After a positive jobs report for 2026, the CPI inflation report further confirms that this year is indeed on to a good start. Both the headline and core inflation levels indicate that PCE inflation is ...