Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said that inflation is a "choice." The same could also be true of how inflation is measured. Warsh has formulated five task forces to look at an array of Fed ...

Consumer prices rose 4.1% in May from a year earlier – a sign rising costs could pose problem for Trump in midterms The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May ...

A closely watched measure of inflation ticked up as the conflict in the Middle East inflated energy prices. By Ben Casselman Ben Casselman is the Times’s chief economics correspondent. The war with ...

High gas prices pushed annual inflation to the highest level in three years, according to May data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the ...

Inflation hit its highest level in three years last month, according to fresh data released this week — but new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh wants the central bank to focus on different measures.

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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) ...

Economists expect a key inflation gauge set to be released on Wednesday to show that U.S. consumer prices in May rose at their fastest pace in more than three years. The Consumer Price Index is ...

The first inflation report under new Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh shows consumer prices in April were at their highest level in almost three years. The personal consumption expenditures price ...

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans’ finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with ...

Consumer prices were up 3.3% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Friday, much hotter than February’s gain of 2.4%. It was the highest reading in two years. But it was also in line ...