The Fed's Favorite Inflation Measure Stayed Stubbornly High In August

Consumer prices rose 2.7% over the year in August as measured by PCE inflation, up from 2.6% in July, while "core" prices ...

August PCE Report: PCE Inflation Index Up 2.7%, in Line with Expectations

The PCE Price Index rose 2.7% year over year in August, in line with forecasts and following an increase of 2.6% in July.

The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge, PCE, Is Due Today. Here’s What to Know.

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, the personal-consumption expenditures price index, is due out at 8:30 a.m.

Upward pressure on Fed's preferred inflation gauge — PCE price index — is seen persisting in August

Inflation has perked up in recent months as companies digest the tariff increases that the Trump administration imposed since April. Economists don't expect any big swings when the Commerce Department ...
Phys.org

Less pollution during heavy rainfall: Researchers calculate potential of nature-based measures in cities

Heavy soil sealing combined with insufficient retention and infiltration (seepage) potentially increases the risk of pollution and flooding in cities during heavy rainfall. Sustainable, decentralized ...
Foreign Policy

The End of Development

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Bloomberg L.P.

Fed’s Jackson Hole Exposes Hard Road Ahead for Central Bankers

The Federal Reserve’s annual gathering in the Rocky Mountains is usually a time for central bankers and their wonky friends to kick back, discuss a few complicated economic topics and then go for a ...
Digi Times

US tariff measures hit simultaneously, economic slowdown expected in 2H25

US President Donald Trump has threatened semiconductor tariffs under Section 232 that could reach between 200% and 300%, with an announcement expected in the coming days. Taiwanese manufacturers have ...
The Hill

Inflation ticks up more than expected in Fed’s preferred gauge

Inflation in the Federal Reserve’s preferred measurement ticked up to a 2.6 percent annual increase in June from 2.3 percent as cost increases from President Trump’s tariffs make their way into the ...
The New York Times

Key Inflation Measure Rose in June, Adding to Pressure on Fed

The price index was the latest indication that President Trump’s tariffs are beginning to show up in consumer prices. By Ben Casselman The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation picked up ...
Observer

The Economics of Drug Development: What it Will Really Take to Reduce Drug Prices

As drug costs rise and public trust falls, A.I. may transform the economics of clinical trials—and reshape the future of pharma. Unsplash+ Sixty percent of the total U.S. population takes at least one ...
MarketWatch

Leading economic index points to recession. It may be another false signal, economist says.

The leading economic index fell 0.3% in June to 98.8. The index has dropped 2.8% over the first half of 2025, a substantially faster rate of decline than the 1.3% contraction over the second half of ...