Tag: Consumer Price Index

December 13, 2022

Inflation in the United States slowed again last month in the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pressures they continue to inflict on American households. Consumer prices rose 7.1% in November from a year ago, the government […]

December 13, 2022

The year with the highest inflation in four decades is drawing to a close, with November figures set to show the latest trajectory of price increases that have challenged the Federal Reserve’s ability to keep the U.S. economy on track. […]

August 10, 2022

Inflation reached 8.5% in July, compared with a 40-year high of 9.1% in June, providing a measure of relief to consumers as gas prices fall. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had projected inflation in July to fall to […]

April 13, 2021

Consumer prices shot higher in March, given a boost by a strong economic recovery and year-over-year comparisons to a time when the Covid-19 pandemic was about to throttle the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The consumer price index […]

December 10, 2020

U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.2% in November as a rise in the cost of energy and a number of other goods offset a drop in food costs. The gain in the consumer price index followed a flat reading in […]

September 12, 2019

Consumer prices slowed in August, rising by a slight 0.1%, reflecting a big drop in the cost of gasoline and other energy products. The Labor Department says the tiny increase in its consumer price index followed a much bigger 0.3% […]

July 14, 2017

The U.S. Consumer Price Index was forecast to rise 0.2 percent in June, after edging up 0.1 percent a month earlier. U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in June as the cost of gasoline and mobile phone services declined further, pointing to benign […]

May 15, 2017

Consumer prices rebounded moderately in April as energy prices climbed back up after a sharp decline in March. The Labor Department says consumer prices rose 0.2 percent after a 0.3 percent drop in March, which was the biggest fall in […]