The annual consumer price index fell to 2.4% in March, down from 2.8% in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. President Donald Trump's tariff agenda and the prospect of a global ...

The latest MoneyShow Chart of the Day shows the year-over-year change in the two main “core” (excluding food and energy) inflation readings we get each month. Core PCE rose just 2.6% year-over-year in ...

Consumers saw inflation pick up slightly in November as price increases in categories including groceries, gasoline and new cars outweighed a deceleration in others such as shelter during the month.

The short- and long-term causes of inflation are clear — if you know where to look. The American public doesn’t approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy. An ABC/Ipsos poll from this ...

July headline PPI reading rose 0.9% month-over-month. This was more than 4X the increase economists were expecting. The "core" number that excludes food and energy also jumped 0.9%, pushing core PPI ...

This week’s Chart of the Week features an excerpt from our latest Chartbook, a mammoth Yahoo Finance project in which dozens of economists and strategists send us a key chart and say why it’s ...

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Inflation continued to retreat in July, aided by easing price pressures for consumer staples like food and energy and physical goods like new and used cars. The CPI gauges how fast prices are changing ...

Inflation throttled back in March, largely on lower gasoline prices — but tariffs threaten to reverse that downward trend in coming months while trouble also lurks in certain categories like groceries ...

Inflation jumped in January on the back of higher prices for consumer staples like groceries and energy. Economists worry inflation has become entrenched above the Federal Reserve's target, even as ...