Inflation and the EconomyInflation is one of the most important and frequently discussed economic topics. Economists, ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest inflation report, based on the U.S. Department of Labor's consumer price index (CPI), on March 12. The monthly report tells consumers how ...

The December CPI reading caps a year when many Americans felt squeezed by affordability pressures.

Accelerating inflation has been running above the annual 2% target set by the Federal Reserve. For some households, rising wages are keeping pace with price increases. But to have a bigger paycheck ...

Both the overall and core CPI measures rose by a modest 0.1 percent for March, bringing the 12-month trend rates down to 2.4 and 2.8 percent, respectively. This was a definite improvement in the ...

The core Consumer Price Index, which excludes food and energy, picked up to 3.1% Y/Y in July, its highest level since February, exceeding the 3.0% consensus and the +2.9% pace in June, according to ...