Inflation

    Putting the final touches on my quarterly RWM client call, I wanted to share a chart that is surprising to many people. The above shows changes in the BLS Average Hourly Earnings and Consumer Price Index since the Pandemic blew up…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US inflationmyFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.US inflation rose to 2.7 per cent in the year to March, another sign that price pressures remain stubbornly high,…

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian benchmarks extended gains Tuesday after U.S. stocks clawed back a chunk of their losses from last week, which was the worst for the S&P 500 in more than a year, while…

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, U.S., February 14, 2024. Staff | ReutersCHICAGO — The path to 2% inflation is "more difficult" in 2024, said Federal Reserve…

Investing.com – The economy expanded slightly since late February, and the pace of inflation remained modest over recent months, though continued to dent business profit margins amid struggles to past higher costs onto consumers,…

New residential construction, including single-family and multifamily homes, tumbled by the largest amount in four years as rising mortgage rates weaken housing activity.Housing starts fell 14.7% month over month in March, dropping from…

US stocks were poised for further losses on Thursday as investors braced for another key inflation report after a surprise uptick in consumer prices undermined bets on interest-rate cuts.Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI)…

This is CNBC's live blog covering European markets. European stocks are heading toward an upbeat open Wednesday as global markets look ahead to the release of U.S. inflation data for March. Economists surveyed by Dow…

12 Mins AgoChina's central bank announces $70 billion 're-loan' program to support tech SMEs The People's Bank of China has announced a "re-loan" program of 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) for technological innovation and transformation…

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark index ended Friday's session sharply lower, following declines overnight of all three major gauges in New York. A rise in the WTI crude oil futures on the back of growing tensions in…