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Fed Expected to Keep Rates Steady as Tariff Risks Outweigh Inflation Data
Trump has demanded the U.S. central bank lower its benchmark overnight interest rate immediately by a full percentage point, ...
Q&A: What’s Happening With Inflation Data?
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said a hiring freeze was forcing it to cut back on the number of businesses where ...
Fed to keep rates steady as tariffs, possible oil shock counter inflation data
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady next week, with investors focused on new central bank ...
U.S. data quality has been declining for years. Now Trump’s cutbacks are leading economists to question its figures
Decades of declining quality and accuracy in federal statistics, exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s cuts, have economists questioning data that inform everything from the Federal Reserve’s ...
Treasury Yields Lifted by Inflation Worries, Consumer Sentiment Data
Treasury yields are higher Friday, with investors calculating that the surge in oil prices could push up overall inflation ...
Will mortgage rates change? What new inflation data means
A lower-than-expected increase in inflation last month shows that the impact of the Trump administration's tariffs on the U.S ...
Gold ticks up after cooler-than-expected US inflation data
Gold prices rose on Wednesday, helped by cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation numbers, strengthening investor expectations ...
Why some economists are worried about U.S. inflation data
The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages.
Wall Street Rises After Cooler May Inflation Data
The U.S. stock market has rallied in recent weeks, recovering from a slump in April sparked by Trump's "Liberation Day" ...
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Soft inflation data suggests rate cut later in year; tariff uncertainty remains — asset managers
Weaker-than-expected May inflation data suggests that President Donald Trump’s tariffs have not inflicted a large immediate ...
Inflation data threatened by government hiring freeze as tariffs loom
The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring ...
Materials Gain After Muted Wholesale Inflation Data - Materials Roundup
Producers of metals and other raw materials rose after muted wholesale inflation data and a continued slide in the U.S. dollar. Wholesale prices rose 0.1% in May from April, a less pronounced gain ...