Two measures that economists most commonly use for inflation-adjusted wages show that wages are higher now than five decades ...
Consumer prices rose 2.6% in October compared to a year ago, ticking upward from the previous month and reversing some of the ...
Some wage readings have been a tad worrisome, but broader inflation indicators like commodity prices still show no signs of a big inflation surge. Click to read.
US worker productivity grew less than expected in the third quarter, contributing to a firm gain in labor costs that could ...
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said policymakers must keep their focus on both the central bank’s inflation and ...
The Fed is guided by a dual mandate to keep inflation under control and maximize employment. In theory, lower interest rates ...
The U.S. government is set to release new inflation data on Wednesday, offering a fresh look at price increases little more ...
The Fed is set to lower interest rates a quarter point Thursday. But it's more likely to slow, rather than speed up, 2025 ...
The Fed should target nominal gross domestic product, Patrick Horan and David Beckworth write in a guest commentary.
However, with inflation at 1.7% in September 2024, the lowest in over three years, and the 2024 median pay increase budget at 4%, with 2025 forecasted at 3.5%, this suggests that UK employees are ...
After a September half-point cut, the reduction would bring the benchmark federal funds rate down three-quarters of a point ...
They show wages outpacing inflation by a cumulative 10.7% over ... average weekly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees. This data focuses on a more blue-collar ...