Inflation

Spending is growing faster than right before Obamacare started but slower than in the decade preceding it. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Healthcare spending rising faster than inflation

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 13, 2016 8:00 pm

Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo said that with inflation running low, the Federal Reserve has an opportunity to create many more jobs, including for African-Americans and other groups with chronically high unemployment. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fed has opportunity to create jobs without inflation, official says

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2016 1:41 pm

The nontraditional tools Loretta Mester was referencing include the Fed pushing its interest rate target all the way to zero and then engaging in large-scale bond purchases, or quantitative easing. (AP Photo)

Fed official warns of risks of waiting too long to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · July 1, 2016 4:22 pm

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, estimated that the Fed may only raise its short-term interest rate target to 0.63 percent by 2018. (Nicky Loh/Bloomberg)

Fed official gives up on rate hikes, says Fed’s narrative has ‘outlived its usefulness’

Joseph Lawler · June 17, 2016 1:12 pm

Inflation edged higher in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting Thursday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Consumer prices slip in May, but soaring rents push up core inflation

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2016 12:36 pm

Everyone Has His Price

Joseph Epstein · June 3, 2016 5:00 am

The Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for April. The Fed has an inflation target that translates to roughly 2.3 percent in the Consumer Price Index. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Inflation bounces back in April as energy prices fastest since 2013

Joseph Lawler · May 17, 2016 12:33 pm

U.S. employment could be higher than what's consistent with a healthy economy, speculated James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. (Chris Goodney/Bloomberg)

Fed official: Economy may be ‘well beyond’ full employment

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2016 4:44 pm

More disappointing signs for Fed in inflation data

More disappointing signs for Fed in inflation data

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2016 1:06 pm

Federal Reserve officials announced Wednesday that they would hold interest rates rates steady. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Fed holds rates steady for third straight meeting, sees fewer risks from abroad

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2016 6:00 pm

New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said Monday that the economy is strong enough for the central bank to tighten the money supply further, but only if such moves are "gradual and cautious." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

NY Fed chief says rate hikes will be ‘gradual and cautious’

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2016 1:10 pm

Inflation slows to 0.9 percent rate in March

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 12:31 pm