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Inflation Was Tame In March, But Tariffs Cloud Outlook
Key Takeaways Consumer prices stayed flat in March, in line with forecaster expectations, as a drop in gas prices kept ...
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Inflation Cools in March, but Don't Expect Interest Rates to Budge
Inflation cooled a bit last month, but don't expect interest rates to drop, too. Prices rose by 2.3% year over year in March, ...
Inflation gauge favored by Fed showed price growth slowed in March
The Fed's preferred inflation gauge showed price growth slowed in March, as the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index ...
US consumer spending surges in March, inflation cools
U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in March as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles to avoid higher prices ...
Consumer spending soared in March as Americans tried to get ahead of tariffs
A car-buying frenzy, stoked by tariff fears, drove US consumer spending in March to its biggest monthly gain in more than two years, new data showed Wednesday.
US Consumer Spending Jumps While Key Inflation Gauge Slows Down
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge stalled in March for the first time in nearly a year and consumer spending ...
Tame March PCE inflation no salve after downbeat Q1 US GDP report
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, surged 0.7% in March after an upwardly ...
Fed's preferred inflation measure cools more than expected in March; consumer spending stays strong
M/M vs. +0.1% consensus and +0.5% in February (revised from +0.4%), according to data released by the Commerce Department's ...
Key Inflation Measure Slowed To Multiyear Low In March—But Tariff Bump On The Horizon
How Trump’s trade war will impact inflation moving forward. Trump wrote to social media last week he believes “there is ...