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 ...

It's staggering how much of an impact some basic math can have on millions of lives, but that's exactly what determines ...

The Consumer Price Index is the official measure of inflation - here's what the CPI does and doesn't measure, how it's ...

If you are retired and you are relying heavily on Social Security as an income source, you are probably already aware that ...

The cost of housing — of shelter — has been the problem child, one might say, of the Federal Reserve’s effort to tame inflation. Housing inflation has been “sticky”— we’ve been reporting on it pretty ...

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 ...

US inflation heated back up in June, rising to its highest level in four months, as price increases — including those from tariffs — packed a bigger punch. Consumer prices rose 0.3% last month, ...

The latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index report is in—what does falling sentiment mean for grocery prices, dining out, and how we eat in 2025? Consumer confidence is falling, and that ...

Egg prices continued to climb in February, despite some easing of inflation, according to the latest consumer price index released on Wednesday. Though grocery price gains have slowed after a pandemic ...