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Inflation rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 2.8% for the year ending in November 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in an update to the personal consumption expenditures ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. Inflation improved in October before rising again in November, according to delayed federal data released Thursday, as the Federal ...

The personal consumption expenditures price index, a measure the Fed uses as its main forecasting tool, showed inflation at 2.8% for the month both for headline and core in November. The readings were ...

Japan’s inflation cooled sharply in December, hitting multi-year lows. Rice inflation eased, but prices remain near record highs nationwide. Data lands as the prime minister moves toward a snap ...

Inflation that’s roughly steady defied his critics’ expectations, because they had expected Trump’s high-tariff policy to send prices significantly higher. On the other hand, even steady inflation ...

Since pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses began waning, culture warriors have been casting about for a new controversy in elite higher education. Last October, Harvard handed them one. Amanda ...

An independent-minded female cabbie scrimps, scrapes and saves for a better life in Olive Nwosu's unpolished but promising debut. In some ways, Nwosu’s script subverts expectations. In others, it ...

UK CPI hits 3.4% in December from 3.2% in November Economists had expected reading of 3.3% Tobacco, air fares pushed up prices last month Markets show little reaction to data Economists stick with ...