While the Fed is likely to keep interest rates unchanged next week, an encouraging February CPI report raises the odds for ...
Economists are bracing for intensifying price pressures and slower growth, posing a challenge for the Federal Reserve.
The consumer price index rose 2.8% in February from 12 months earlier. Inflation decelerated but economists fear tariffs will ...
Food prices rose by 0.2% in February, fueled by increases in the indexes for eggs, meats, poultry, fish and beef, according ...
It’s not just eggs. Many commonly purchased goods and services got more expensive in January, driving inflation in the wrong ...
This table contains the annual rates of change of the CPI from the moment they were first published. The annual rate of change reflects changes in prices of consumer goods and services in a certain ...
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ATLANTA — A new study looking at the effects of inflation on major metropolitan statistical areas found Atlanta was ranked ...
The market’s reaction to the U.S. jobs report and the CPI revisions also played a significant role. The robust job growth and wage gains hinted at delayed rate cuts by the Fed, while the mixed ...
They're calculated based on third-quarter data from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). When there's an increase in that CPI-W data from one year to the next, ...
Changes in the CPI over time are used to estimate the rate of inflation. The consumer price index is essentially a collection of average current prices of common goods and services weighted ...