In August, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.9% year over year. That is about what was expected. However, the price of gasoline fell 6.6%, based on the same timetable. The CPI can be misleading.

India's consumer price index (CPI) inflation edged up from an eight-month low to 2.07% in August, data from Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation showed today. Year-on-year inflation rate ...

Increases in the costs of food, shelter and energy caused inflation to spike and increase the likelihood of an interest rate ...

According to Arsh Mogre of PL Capital, the disinflationary momentum has been amplified by favourable supply-side conditions and good monsoon. With the GST reforms, even a 50–60 per cent pass-through ...

The U.S. CPI rose 0.4% last month, the biggest gain since January, after increasing 0.2% in July, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The CPI was driven by a 0.4% jump in the cost ...

President Donald Trump this week declared on Friday that he’s “already solved inflation” and that “costs are down.” ...

With U.S. jobless claims surging and labor data revised sharply lower, markets see Powell locked into a Fed rate cut despite ...

Inflation is on the rise once more, hitting 2.9% in August, as jobless claims hit a peak not seen since 2021, complicating ...

The August index for bread was 240.8, down 0.2% from July but up 1.2% from a year ago. Under this heading, the CPI for white bread was 433.2, up 0.4% from July but down 0.2% from August 2024. For ...

Oct. 15 is likely the biggest day on the calendar for retirees because it will determine how much their benefits increase.

The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 6.21% yesterday, a decrease of 0.05% since the day before. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate stood at 5.2%, down by 0.04%. The 30-year FHA mortgage averaged 5 ...

Stocks cheered as US CPI data passed smoothly, assuring traders that a Fed rate cut will arrive this month. Now, consumer confidence data may challenge how dovish the FOMC can be.