A key gauge the Fed uses to measure inflation remained unchanged in October, as gasoline fell for the fourth month in a row.
A company in Britain is developing the technology to replace the inside of a plane's fuselage with giant OLED screens.
The weak growth in income signals slack in the labor market, or too many job-seekers eager for work to pressure employers to raise wages.
Tuesday's government report on the U.S. Consumer Price Index is this week's most important economic news.
New jobless claims numbers as well as an uptick in inflation show U.S. economy recovering from a harsh winter.
In the 12 months through March, the core inflation rate, which excludes often-volatile food and energy prices, rose just 1.7%.
Quarterly earnings, data on inflation and housing, and opening remarks from Janet Yellen at a Fed conference should influence markets.
The slowing in the rate of CPI was in line with expectations, but the fall in PPI and input prices came in below estimates.
The rise in food prices was notably higher than the overall inflation rate, an official release noted.
The dip in inflation was mainly due to volatile components, such as unprocessed food and energy, according to Istat.
Inflation remains contained, despite monetary stimulus, which is good news for the Bank of England.
The moderate inflation rate in January 2014 was mainly due to falling prices of heating oil and motor fuel.
Despite government / central bank efforts to quell rising consumer prices, the inflation rate rose in 2013, which doesn’t bode well for 2014.
China's producer prices fell 1.4 percent in December from a year earlier, the same as in November.
Inflation rates for the euro zone are dropping, and economists warn this mean trouble.
Consumer prices in Spain and Italy rose in December, but the rate of growth remains much below the desired 2 percent target.
Slower increases in food and energy prices caused the inflation to moderate to a multiyear low.
The FOMC’s Wednesday announcement remains in focus as data and Fed rhetoric point to the beginning of the end for stimulus.
A drop in fuel prices, among other factors, exerted downward inflationary pressure in both France and Italy.
Low energy prices helped Germany's consumer inflation rate to hold steady in the month of November.
A surprise consumer inflation reading in China in November eased fears about immediate policy tightening.
China's exports came in well above forecasts in November, contributing to a bigger trade surplus.