Overall inflation climbed to 3.3 percent, from 3 percent previously, underscoring the Fed’s long road back to 2 percent price increases.

Will inflation continue to slow at a solid pace? Economists are warily watching a few key areas, like housing and cars.

Jerome H. Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, struck a resolute tone in a speech at the central bank’s most closely watched conference.

Investors and economists are watching the event this week closely. How did a remote Wyoming conference become so central?

Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates at their July 26 meeting, but investors doubt that they will lift them again this year.

Economists looked past the first acceleration in overall inflation in more than a year and saw signs that price pressures continued to moderate in July.

It’s pricey to borrow to buy a business, car or home these days. Interest rates are expected to fall in coming years — how much...

The head of the powerful New York Fed said that it was an “open question,” and that rates could fall next year.

In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, John C. Williams pondered the economy’s future. This is the full transcript.

The Personal Consumption Expenditures index moderated, even as consumer spending data looked strong.