Wages have risen fast enough to overcome inflation in recent years. Even so, consumers are still vibing economic ennui.

The January reading of the consumer-price index is due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists expect the CPI increased 2.9% from a year ...

Stubbornly high price pressures have kept real wage growth negative ... "Prolonged high inflation will inevitably erode people's purchasing power and change their food consumption habits," he ...

Federal Reserve officials have been saying for a few months that the labor market is not adding to inflation pressures. This continued after the big gain in wages seen in the February jobs data. The 0 ...