Inflation pressures remain persistent as consumers pull back
File - A worker scans onions, limes, and other produce inside the Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. On Friday, the Commerce Department issues its March report on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Key measures of prices and wages remained high in March, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates next week for the 10th time since March of last year in its drive to defeat high inflation.
An index that is closely followed by the Fed, which excludes volatile food and energy costs to capture "core" inflation, rose 0...
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