Mild October prices report unleashes stock and bond rallies. Inflation’s broad slowdown extended through October, likely ending the Federal Reserve’s historic interest-rate increases and sparking big rallies on Wall Street.Consumer prices overall were flat last month and rose 3.2% from a year earlier, a slower pace than in September, the ...

Mild price pressures excluding energy keep Fed on track to pause rate increases next week. Consumer prices rose in August at the fastest pace in more than a year due to a jump in energy costs, illustrating the potential obstacles to wringing inflation out of the economy without a sharper slowdown. The consumer-price index, a closely ...

Monthly readings point to continued moderation in underlying price pressures. Price pressures continued cooling last month, fresh inflation figures showed, likely deterring the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates at its September meeting.

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Officials are looking for further slowing of wage growth and price increases to aid inflation fight. Pay and price pressures showed fresh signs of retreating from the economy, adding to evidence that inflation is moving closer to the Federal Reserve’s goal.

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