By looking at the inflation rate each year, you can gain insight into how prices changed and how events around the globe impacted the average U.S. consumer.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, after rising 0.4% ...

Take a look at how various financial markets are trading following the release of January's consumer-price index: stock futures, Treasury yields, the dollar, gold and Brent crude oil.

The food index increased 2.5 percent over the last year. The first chart is an overlay of headline CPI and core CPI (excludes Food and Energy) since the turn of the century. The highlighted two ...