CPI tracks changes in goods and services. Causes and Types: Inflation from cost-push or demand-pull factors creates price cycles. Investing Impact: Stocks outperform cash during inflation.

But there are generally three types of inflation: Demand-pull inflation. Cost-push inflation. Built-in inflation. Demand-pull inflation is characterized by excess demand in the market that supply ...

The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual ... Increases for new and used vehicles "points to a continued surge in demand for replacement vehicles after October's ...