Measured from a year earlier, prices rose 2.9 percent, down from 3 percent in June. It was the mildest year-over-year inflation figure since March 2021.

Core CPI inflation, a measure of inflation that strips out volatile energy and food prices, remained at 3.2% on an annual basis ... rate rises half a percentage point relative to its minimum ...

It was the fifth straight annual drop and the smallest since ... House's Council of Economic Advisers showed that while core inflation rose 3.2 percent over the past year, that measure clocked ...

The annual inflation rate in ... there's nothing in the August inflation report that is likely to sway policymakers from the measured quarter-percent cut that they've been guiding expectations ...

The consumer price index (CPI) increased 0.2 percent in August and slid to a 2.5 percent annual increase ... and welcome news in the fight against inflation, especially for households,” Sonu ...

Inflation cooled further in August ... Less certain is how big a cut the Fed intends to make, likely a quarter- or half-percentage point. Additional reductions are likely to come later this ...

WASHINGTON — The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation ... prices rose 2.5 percent in August from a year earlier, down from 2.9 percent in July. It was the fifth straight annual drop and the ...

Opens in new window ] Food prices, which rose sharply in the wake of the energy price shock in 2022, were up by 1.9 per cent on an annual basis. The underlying or core rate of inflation ...

Inflation cooled significantly from a year ... over whether the Fed will impose its typical cut of a quarter of a percentage point, or opt for a larger half-point cut. So far this year, the ...

The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in August 2024, down from 6.0% in July 2024 as well as in August 2023.

Inflation cooled further in August ... Less certain is how big a cut the Fed intends to make, likely a quarter- or half-percentage point. Additional reductions are likely to come later this ...