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The case for optimism might not be bad when it comes to small businesses, but the case is far from looking more positive.
If the Federal Reserve wants more evidence of inflation to help justify that likely December interest rate hike, the Fed presidents are going to have to look somewhere other than import and export...
September's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was weak enough that consumers can consider it deflationary.
The markets are supposed to like periods of low inflation. Deflation is another animal entirely.
Inflation is what the Federal Reserve wants more of to give it cover for raising interest rates. It turns out that they may have to find something else.
This report is likely to act as yet one more curve ball for the Federal Reserve in this month's decision on whether to hike the fed funds rate.
The deflationary trends on imports could remain, even if local U.S. prices stay flat or tick up ever so slightly.
If what happened Monday keeps happening, here are four stocks to avoid, or sell if you own them.
In July, the Consumer Price Index ticked higher for the sixth consecutive month, but less than expected.
he Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported the Producer Price Index for final demand in July.
With China devaluing its currency, the fears will be brought up all over again about global deflation being exported from the world's largest manufacturing destination.
Personal income and personal spending both came in with positive readings for the month of June.
ThinkstockConsumer Sentiment got worse over the course of July rather than improved. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment report was initially shown to be 93.3 in mid-July, but the final...
ThinkstockWith Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve hoping and looking for any good news on higher prices and getting inflation back up to 2% or more, any aspect of pricing is being looked at...
The U.S. Department of Labor has been showing that some deflationary pressure may be going away. Inflation remains well under the Federal Reserve's mandate.