The annual inflation rate ticked higher in September, amid higher prices at the gasoline pump and a more muted increase at ...

Policymakers cling to a 1970s consumer-price index formula that overstates cost increases and drives up automatic spending.

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 ...

A chart comparing today's post-COVID-19 inflationary wave to the great inflation of the 1970s is making the rounds again after Wednesday's hotter-than-expected CPI report. Apollo economist Torsten ...

Gold prices have soared over the past 25 years, beating inflation and traditional investments. With 24-carat gold now above ...

A coalition of Democratic senators announced plans to introduce legislation aimed at providing additional financial support for older Americans and veterans struggling with inflati ...

Inflation throttled back in March, largely on lower gasoline prices — but tariffs threaten to reverse that downward trend in coming months while trouble also lurks in certain categories like groceries ...

Inflation jumped in March as prices for consumer staples such as gasoline edged higher and those for housing remained stubbornly high, suggesting inflation may be a bit stickier than it seemed just a ...

Progress in the fight to tame pandemic-era inflation appears to have stalled out in October, despite lower prices at the gasoline pump and a moderation in other consumer staples such as groceries.