Inflation is proving stickier than expected, which could cause Fed to hit pause button on more interest rate cuts.

Wednesday's softer-than-expected core CPI number offers some relief to the Federal Reserve, especially after last week's hot employment report, that could allow interest-rate cuts to remain on the ...

Investors were cheering the latest consumer-price index report, which that showed core inflation unexpectedly slowed in December, putting U.S. stocks on pace for their best CPI day in at least 14 ...

Recently, progress on inflation appeared to be stuck or, at worst, reversing: A closely watched gauge of underlying price hikes — an index that excludes highly volatile categories — hadn’t budged for ...