Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The consumer price index, commonly referred to as CPI, measures changes in the price of consumer goods and services, from food and ...

Two major indicators this week both showed inflation running a little hotter than expected last month. But there may still be some good news ...

CPI report, released by the Labor Department Wednesday, showed inflation rising more than expected. Learn what this means for ...

However, base effects seem likely to send year-on-year total and core CPI inflation rates lower in this week’s forthcoming CPI report, which could provide financial markets with much-needed ...

State and public pension schemes are swapping from the retail prices index (RPI) to the slower growing consumer prices index (CPI) to uprate payments. The government also wants private sector ...

The President of the Armstrong Advisory Group, Mike Armstrong offers insight into the latest CPI report as inflation rises to ...

Year-over-year core CPI (which excludes volatile food and energy costs) rose 3.2%, below the November rate of 3.3%. The CPI increased 0.4% month over month in December after rising 0.3% in November.

Retirees with private “defined benefit” pensions could lose tens of thousands of pounds due to a change in how inflation will be measured, experts have warned.

For the record, headline December CPI increased 0.4% month over month – a slight increase over the 0.3% rate seen in each of the previous four months – to match economists' expectations.

While the consumer price index for December rose at a faster-than-expected pace, markets seized on the core CPI, which excludes the volatile food and energy components. Core CPI increased 0.2% in ...