The Consumer Price Index is the chief benchmark economists use to measure inflation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI each month by collecting information on the price of ...

No economic story has been as constant in recent years as the dramatic increase in inflation from 2021 to early 2023 and its ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the monthly change in prices paid by U.S. consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calculates the CPI as a weighted average of prices for a basket ...

The Consumer Price Index report for January is expected to show broadly unchanged annual inflation according to nowcasts. That may be broadly good news for the Fed.

Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the cost of living continues to outpace earnings, leaving many ...

Consumer inflation increased 2.9% in 2024, which is above the Federal Reserve's goal of 2%, but wages overall more than kept ...

US labor cost growth cooled in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers wage pressures ...

Prices rose 0.4% percent and the year-over-year price index increased 2.9 percent. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the December Consumer Price Index on Wednesday morning. The consensus ...

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics By The New York Times By Ben Casselman ...

According to the Consumer Price Index, egg prices have skyrocketed in recent months, with some consumers paying more than ...