Here are five numbers on inflation and how its impacting ASCs in 2025: 2.9%: The Consumer Price Index increase, also known as inflation, for December 2024, the most recent available data by the Bureau ...

New numbers from the January consumer price index report show a rise in gas, eggs and coffee prices. NBC News’ Brian Cheung and Investopedia’s Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver break down the inflation ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as a chief barometer of inflation. But what is it and ... The "services less energy services" category, for example, includes shelter — but also services ...

The consumer price index rose 3% on the year in January 2025. Economists worry that broad disinflation is over, even as tariffs loom.

The year-to-year increase of 8.943 in the index represents a 2.896% increase in prices over 12 months. Rounded to 2.9%, this was the inflation number most commonly reported in the media.

this still marked only a mild decline from November’s 5.5% uptick in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and was largely driven by a sequential easing in food prices. Food inflation moderated from ...

Inflation ticked ... with month-over-month numbers (not seasonally adjusted). Note: For additional information on the component composition of the Consumer Price Index, see our Inside the Consumer ...

Higher inflation readings left Fed officials telling lawmakers, business executives and the public that they may be waiting ...

The consumer price index increased 3% in January from a year ago, Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department showed, up ...