January’s consumer price index comes at a “critical time” for the Federal Reserve, the markets and consumer expectations. Plus, British companies get creative to tackle plastic packaging.
CPI looked like it was heading in the right direction — that of lower inflation — at the end of 2022. Is that trend going to continue?
Households and businesses cut consumption by 20%. A mild winter also helped. Conservation efforts and a warm winter helped.
Rachel Abrams and James B. Stewart report how CBS, and Sumner Redstone’s media empire, became center stage for an epic #MeToo moment.
The Treasury Department has temporarily OK’d relief transactions. But most major money transfer companies won’t remit aid from the U.S. to Syria.
The British government has imposed a far-reaching ban on single-use plastics, creating opportunity for environmental entrepreneurs.