Measuring key aspects of a nation’s economy is important, but the metrics used are often misunderstood by many. Quantifying ...

As Q4 results for the Big Banks trickle in this morning and Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers affected a big boost to early trading, we continue to see higher gains ahead of the bell at this hour.

Wednesday's softer-than-expected core CPI number offers some relief to the Federal Reserve, especially after last week's hot employment report, that could allow interest-rate cuts to remain on the ...

Entering 2025, models from forecasting companies like Trading Economics anticipate inflation rates between 2.4% and 2.9% ...

"I think that the CPI numbers is the one markets are going to have kind of the tightest chokehold on as far as making a decision on, you know, where to go from now, because really that's the other ...

Options traders whipsawed by the stock market’s recent gyrations are getting anxious that more bouts of volatility may arrive in the coming days, starting with Wednesday’s report on consumer prices.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell no doubt had started to relax about the economy — but now everything has changed. That's because the Consumer Price Index for December increased over the last ...

Muddying the waters’ is a common strategy in politics. It entails finding a key fact or piece of information that can scuttle ...