The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of Labor ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on July 26, 2023 at the Federal Reserve in ...

Particularly since the 1990s, federal statistical agencies have worked to improve the ability of various price indexes to measure changes in the cost of living. However, in recent years, some have ...

February's CPI report shows softer-than-expected inflation, with headline CPI up 0.2% MoM and 2.8% YOY, driven by declines in volatile categories. Food and energy prices remained controlled, with ...

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The consumer price index rose 2.3% from a year earlier in December, compared with 2.4% in November, the national statistics office said. Japan’s consumer inflation remained well above the central bank ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I show you how to save and invest. January Consumer Price Index inflation rose 0.5% month-on-month, likely delaying any Federal ...

After President Donald Trump’s sacking of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the wake of a weak July employment report, investors will be parsing this coming week’s ...

The headline CPI figure rose to 2.9% year-over-year, up from 2.7% in July and in line with expectations. This is the highest level since January and marks the fourth consecutive month inflation has ...

The Consumer Price Index in June rose 2.7% on an annual basis, a sign inflation around the U.S. is creeping up after declining earlier this year. The CPI was forecast to rise 2.7% last month, higher ...

Inflation slowed sharply in March, new data showed Thursday, underscoring the continued strength and resilience of the economy ahead of President Trump’s aggressive trade moves. In any other timeline, ...