The consumer price index increased 2.7% in November 2024 from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation is not accelerating, but remains persistently too high, economists ...

There’s any number of directions tariff rates could go—a small increase, a big increase, no increase—from here forward. And depending on that, there’s a lot of different directions that monetary ...

Consumers saw inflation pick up slightly in November as price increases in categories including groceries, gasoline and new cars outweighed a deceleration in others such as shelter during the month.

The consumer price index rose 2.5% in August 2024, on an annual basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. That CPI inflation reading is the lowest since February 2021. Inflation has gradually ...

The consumer price index cooled unexpectedly in November. But economists said the data should be interpreted with some ...

Inflation fell in September as lower gasoline prices combined with other waning price pressures in areas such as housing to bring relief to consumers' wallets, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Inflation continued to retreat in July, aided by easing price pressures for consumer staples like food and energy and physical goods like new and used cars. The CPI gauges how fast prices are changing ...