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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest inflation report, based on the U.S. Department of Labor's consumer price index (CPI), on March 12. The monthly report tells consumers how ...

The December CPI report, due Wednesday, is predicted to show another month of sticky inflation. Gas, food, vehicle, and shelter costs are among the areas believed to have kept the CPI elevated.

You've got all the receipts. Food prices are ringing in higher. The cost of gas is rising. Electric bills are soaring. Accelerating inflation has been running 2% above the annual target set by the ...

Faced with runaway inflation during World War I, the US Department of Labor came up with a handy tool. A single figure, the Consumer Price Index, would measure the changing cost of a basket of ...

Both the overall and core CPI measures rose by a modest 0.1 percent for March, bringing the 12-month trend rates down to 2.4 and 2.8 percent, respectively. This was a definite improvement in the ...

The core Consumer Price Index, which excludes food and energy, picked up to 3.1% Y/Y in July, its highest level since February, exceeding the 3.0% consensus and the +2.9% pace in June, according to ...

It’s not just eggs. Many commonly purchased goods and services got more expensive in January, driving inflation in the wrong direction and to its highest rate since June of last year. Consumer prices ...

Kayla Kataska began shopping for her first home last month — and she’s already had to adjust her expectations. Although Kataska and her husband recently moved from Southern California to the ...

OTTAWA--Bank of Canada Gov. Tiff Macklem said Wednesday that it is possible the central bank's preferred gauges of core inflation might be overstating how much prices are rising. Core inflation has ...