Tag: PERSONAL

Key US inflation gauge cools further as rate hikes bite

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2023 (AFP) – WASHINGTON, July 28, 2023 (AFP) – A key indicator of US inflation cooled in June to the lowest annual rate in over two years, although this remains above the central bank’s target, according to government data released Friday. The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, rose 3.0 percent last month from June 2022, down from a 3.8 percent jump in May, said […]