The consumer price index rose 2.7% in December 2025 from 12 months earlier, unchanged from November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tariffs put some upward pressure on prices for consumers, economists said. The data is also somewhat difficult ...

The European Central Bank is expected to hike interest rates next week, becoming the first of the biggest central banks to do so since the Iran war unleashed an ​energy crisis that is stoking inflationary pressures in the euro zone.