September CPI Report Shows Downward Trend for Inflation Intact, ... The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index increased 3.7% in September compared with the same period ...

An underlying inflation measure that captures longer-lasting trends remained elevated. Consumer prices increased 4.9% from a year earlier, down from 5% in March and a 40-year high of 9.1% last ...

CPI data shows inflation fell to 4% in May, a new 2-year low, ... Core prices, which exclude volatile food and energy items and better capture longer-term trends, have been tougher to tame.

The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans increased to 6.75% for the week ending July 17, up from 6.72% last week.

June’s inflation report will be looked at not so much for what the headline numbers show than what’s in the underlying data.

"Inflation in the United States remains on a downward trajectory. Over the past three months, the core CPI has increased at a 3.1% annualized rate, the slowest pace since September 2021.

The headline CPI number, which includes food and energy, is expected to edge up 0.1%, slowing from the 0.2% increase in February. On a Y/Y basis, that would come to +2.6% vs. +2.8% in the prior month.

Inflation has receded from 2022 peaks but remains elevated. Here is a chart showing how the CPI—and the core CPI, which removes the volatile food and energy categories—has trended since 2015.

Inflation isn't as bad as the CPI suggested, new producer price index data shows. S&P 500 futures are rising, but Trump tariffs will keep the Fed on hold.

Prices continued to trend down toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target last month despite the rollout of sweeping tariff hikes. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in April for an annualized increase of ...

The consumer price index rose 2.4% for the 12 months ended in March, down from 2.8% in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, indicating that inflation decelerated. Watch ...

Headline inflation rose 3.4% on an annual basis in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, up from 3.1% the previous month. That was the biggest gain in three months and easily ...