INFLATION WATCH The Labor Department issues its October report on consumer prices on Wednesday. In September, inflation in the United States fell to its lowest point since it first began surging ...

The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.2% last month from November, down from a 0.4% gain the month before.

The Labor Department is expected to report that employers ... Economists have noted, too, that the United States has the strongest of the world's most advanced economies, one that has proved ...