Retail sales rose 0.5% in March amid inflation jump; import prices hit 11-year high
Customers pushing shopping carts shop at a supermarket on April 12, 2022 in San Mateo County, California. Liu Guanguan | China News Service | Getty Images Consumers continued to spend in March even as inflation rose to its highest level...
Fed’s Waller sees likelihood of multiple half-point interest rate hikes ahead
Getting inflation under control will require raising interest rates at a faster pace than normal even though the pace of price increases probably has peaked, Federal Reserve board member Christopher Waller said Wednesday. That means the central bank likely will...
Consumer prices rose 8.5% in March, slightly hotter than expected and the highest since 1981
Prices that consumers pay for everyday items surged in March to their highest levels since the early days of the Reagan administration, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday. The consumer price index, which measures a wide-ranging basket of goods...
Stock futures inch higher ahead of big inflation report
U.S. stock futures inched higher in overnight trading as investors braced for a key inflation report Tuesday. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 40 points or 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose marginally higher....
March’s runaway energy prices and higher food costs could mean hottest consumer inflation since 1981
A customer selects food from a freezer at a supermarket on January 12, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images Consumer price inflation in March is expected to have spiked the most since...
White House says it expects inflation to be ‘extraordinarily elevated’ in new report
White House press secretary Jen Psaki answers questions during the daily briefing on March 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. Psaki answered a range of questions related primarily to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The...
As inflation bites and America’s mood darkens, higher-income consumers are cutting back, too
The top income bracket spends the most among American consumers, but its strength amid inflation may be overstated, according to a new CNBC survey.
Here’s how the Fed raising interest rates can help get inflation lower, and why it could fail
A customer shops at at a grocery store on February 10, 2022 in Miami, Florida. The Labor Department announced that consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared with 12 months earlier, the steepest year-over-year increase since February 1982. Joe Raedle...
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Robinhood, EPAM Systems, Kroger and more
Kroger is opening automated warehouses around the country to build a larger and more profitable online grocery business. Kroger Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Robinhood — Shares of the trading app dropped more than 7%...
Stock futures rise slightly following two-day Fed sell-off
Stock futures rose Thursday as the market tried to recover from back-to-back losing sessions, while traders digested the Federal Reserve’s plans to tighten monetary policy. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures...
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