May CPI headline inflation rose 0.5% MoM and 4.2% YoY, driven almost entirely by energy price shocks from Middle East conflict. Core CPI was softer than expected at 0.2% MoM, with core goods prices ...

The Middle East war and its inflationary pressures weighed on markets Wednesday. Stock losses deepened in afternoon trading, sending the Dow industrials 953 points, or 1.9%, lower and the Nasdaq ...

While corporate America is thriving, consumers and the broader economy are being left behind. WSJ’s Aaron Back explains what that might mean for new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh. Photo: Photo illustration ...

Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of the consumer price index report for May, and its impact on the economy, markets and your money. ‘Squeezing more life out of every dollar’: How inflation is ...

U.S. consumer prices rose again in May, Labor Department data showed, further squeezing Americans’ budgets as consumer sentiment sat at record lows. The department’s Consumer Price Index, its measure ...

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Kitty Richards, Groundwork Collaborative senior fellow and former Biden Treasury Department official, and Peter Earle, American Institute for Economic Research senior director of research, joins ...

Inflation ticked higher in May as American consumers continued to face elevated fuel prices amid the Iran war's impact on the energy market and across the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...

The consumer price index rose at a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, both in line with expectations. The core CPI accelerated 0.2% for the month and ...

JPMorgan's trading desk has a cheat sheet on how the S&P 500 will react to core CPI readings. Options markets are pricing in a 1% move in the key U.S. index on Wednesday. According to JPMorgan, a ...