CPI drops to 2.8% with falling fuel and food prices, but core inflation stays high. Click for a full review of the inflation ...

The consumer price index, or CPI, measures the change in average ... anyone can use the index to calculate buying power by adjusting historical values to see how they stack up in today’s dollars.

The first report of the new year found that consumer sentiment had fallen, while inflation concerns had risen.

Specifically, the S&P 500 declined 19.8% over a three-month period between September and December 2018, but the index had ...

Get the Facts: Trump claimed that tariffs would be the key to making America rich again. While the result of Trump's tariff ...

US consumer sentiment has plunged to its lowest level in over two years. Inflation expectations have jumped the most since ...

McKinley's tariff triggered retaliation from other nations. Prices rose, particularly for middle- and lower-income Americans, ...

History offers two conflicting opinions about what happens next in the stock market. Here's what investors should know.

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The past few weeks have been tough for investors. All three major benchmarks have dropped, temporarily halting what looked ...

In January America’s “core” consumer-price index, which strips out volatile ... This gap between expectations and the historical trend appears to be driven by Mr Trump’s tariff threats.

Eggs are becoming harder to source across the country as farmers are forced to kill off millions of birds due to an avian flu outbreak ...