Purchasing power refers to the amount of goods and services a person or entity can buy with a given amount of money. It ...

The consumer price index rose 2.8% in February from 12 months earlier. Inflation decelerated but economists fear tariffs will ...

The basket's weightings have also changed for the first time since 2019. For example, the weighting for food and non-alcoholic beverages has increased from 17% to more than 18% of the consumer price ...

Stats SA has shaken up the basket of goods and services used to measure consumer inflation. Here's what's been added - and removed.

But Trump’s tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will add a full percentage point to CPI inflation this year, according to ...

Teddy bears, for example, are sadly no longer with ... Stats SA will release inflation data based on the new basket in its January 2025 release. This will be published here on 19 February 2025.

The slower pace of U.S. inflation in February is in line with the moderation seen over the past couple of years, yet it remains above the Federal Reserve’s target, as many areas of the consumer-price ...

The changes to the composition of the consumer price index basket require a change in the reference (base) year. The bureau ...

Rebasing the inflation index The changes to the composition of the consumer price index basket require a change ... increasing the sample size and geographical coverage; increasing the frequency ...

As measured by CPI, inflation in the US is set to rise at an annual pace of 2.9% in February, down slightly from 3.0% ...

Inflation receded in February on the back of easing price pressures for consumer staples like gasoline, groceries and housing, amid worries that President Donald Trump's tariff policies could ...