September 2026 U.S. inflation at 3.7%, driven by 20.4% rise in energy prices. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose to 2.6%. New England and the East South Central division -- the ...

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Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Sunday that inflation is too high across all sectors of the US economy, not just from rising oil prices. "So even if we strip out energy, which ...

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rates for the first time since 2023 on Wednesday in a move aimed at slowing inflation that picked up again last month. The Fed’s hike of 0.25% brings ...

The main inflation gauge used by the Federal Reserve to set U.S. interest rates rose briskly in August, underscoring why the central bank raised interest rates earlier this month for the first time in ...

Every headline number says the same thing. America has a worse inflation problem than almost anywhere else in the developed world. Goldman Sachs just published research arguing that conclusion may be ...

Just as in the previous month, the biggest source of downward price pressures was petrol, which fell by 3%. But headline inflation numbers are often a poor guide to where prices are heading, for a few ...

The paper summarized here is part of the fall 2026 edition of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the leading conference series and journal in economics for timely, cutting-edge research about ...

Markets on Wednesday priced in a better than 70% chance that the Federal Reserve will approve another interest rate hike when it meets next in October. The move followed comments from Fed Governor ...

The map below aids in gauging inflation trends in almost two hundred countries around the world—mainly those that report data to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The inflation rate is defined as ...

An oil-price spike delivers two hits to inflation. The first is quick and obvious: As gasoline and other fuel costs jump, so does total “headline” inflation. The second is slow and subtle. As costlier ...

The Federal Reserve has spent more than five years promising the American public that policymakers will bring inflation sustainably back to the central bank’s 2% annual target. On Sept. 16 the Fed ...