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Investors Nervously Eye the Fed

Traders now expect a three-quarter-point interest rate increase, the largest since 1994, by September. Wall Street is bracing for the fallout.

Inflation in the United States: What You Need to Know

Inflation is a tricky problem, but it has a few clear causes and consequences, and policymakers are working to bring it to heel.

Inflation in the United States: What You Need to Know

Inflation is a tricky problem, but it has a few clear causes and consequences, and policymakers are working to bring it to heel.

Inflation Sped Up Again in May, Dashing Hopes for Relief

The Consumer Price Index picked up by 8.6 percent, as price increases climbed at the fastest pace in more than 40 years.

The Potential Dark Side of a White-Hot Labor Market

The strong job market may be about to take a turn for the worse. That could come to haunt those who made choices based on...

Fed officials are looking for slower job growth. They’re still looking.

Central bankers are waiting for signs that momentum in the economy is easing to a more sustainable level as they fight inflation.

Jerome Powell Confirmed for a Second Term as Fed Chair

The Senate vote gives Biden appointees a majority on the Fed Board during a period of rapid inflation.

U.S. Inflation Is Still Climbing Rapidly

Inflation data showed a slowdown in annual price increases in April, but a closely watched monthly price measure continues to rise at an uncomfortably brisk...

Fed Confronts Why It May Have Acted Too Slowly on Inflation

Central bankers have been asking whether they should have reacted faster to rising inflation last year — and are learning from the recent past.

Fed Officials Are on the Defensive as High Inflation Lingers

Critics have accused the Federal Reserve of not reacting quickly enough to tame rising prices. On Friday, a Fed governor explained why it took so...
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