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.

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 ...

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 ...

Faced with runaway inflation during World War I, the US Department of Labor came up with a handy tool. A single figure, the Consumer Price Index, would measure the changing cost of a basket of ...

After slight deflation in March, prices rose again in April. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.2 percent last month. Core CPI, which excludes ...