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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge slowed sharply last month, an encouraging sign in the Fed’s effort to cool price pressures through higher interest rates.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve extended its yearlong fight against high inflation March 22 by raising its key interest rate a quarter-point.

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer price increases eased from January to February but still indicated elevated inflation, posing a challenge for the Federal Reserve's interest rate plans.

WASHINGTON — America’s employers added a substantial 311,000 jobs in February, fewer than January’s huge gain but enough to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively to fight inflation.

WASHINGTON — The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January, the latest sign that the high inflation that has gripped Americans for two years is slowing.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation on Feb. 1 by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point, its eighth hike since March.

The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Dec. 14 by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year and signaling more hikes to come.

The Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period, Chair Jerome Powell said Nov. 30 in remarks likely intended to underscore the Fed’s focus on combating inflation.

The Federal Reserve pumped up its benchmark interest rate on Nov. 2 by three-quarters of a point for a fourth straight time but hinted that it could soon reduce the size of its rate hikes.

Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Sept. 21 by a substantial three-quarters of a point for a third straight time and signaled more large rate hikes to come.