US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell arrives to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. Chris Kleponis | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve officials head into...
Interest payments on the national debt top $1 trillion as deficit swells
A view shows a bronze seal beside a door at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The U.S. government for the first time has spent more than $1 trillion this year on interest payments for its $35.3 trillion national debt, the...
Wholesale prices rose 0.2% in August, in line with expectations
Wholesale prices rose in August about in line with expectations, the final inflation data point as the Federal Reserve gets set to lower interest rates. The producer price index, a measure of final demand goods and services costs that producers receive, increased 0.2% on the month, the Bureau of...
Consumer prices rose 0.2% in August as annual inflation rate hits lowest since early 2021
Prices increased as expected in August while the annual inflation rate declined to its lowest level since February 2021, according to a Labor Department report Wednesday that sets the stage for an expected quarter percentage point rate cut from the Federal Reserve in a week. The consumer price index,...