The Consumer Price Index jumped 3.3 percent in the year through March, a two-year high, reflecting higher costs for energy and goods affected by disruptions in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest monthly jump in gas prices in six decades caused a sharp spike in inflation in March, creating major challenges for the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve and heig...

The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% as the United States, Iran, and Israel disagreed on the details of their two-week ceasefire, whose announcement had sent markets flying in optimism on Wednesday.

Monthly price increases as measured by the Fed's preferred gauge were persistent in February, the Commerce Department said Thursday, showing that inflation remained elevated even before the Iran war began last month.

The first reading on inflation since the Iran war began showed prices paid by American consumers surged in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.

The personal-consumption expenditures price index rose by 0.4% in February, up from a 0.3% increase in January.