The Iran war has pushed up gasoline, airline fares and other prices for consumers.

The CPI was expected to rise 2.5% on an annual basis last month, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. The January CPI represents the slowest pace of inflation since May 2025 ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative basket of goods and services.

The latest report on the Producer Price Index (PPI) shows that wholesale inflation for final demand increased by 0.5% in December. On an annual basis, the headline PPI was unchanged at 3.0% ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

Inflation is a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.

A hotter-than-expected inflation reading appears to be weighing on U.S. equity futures, as some investors worry that it could inspire the Federal Reserve to delay its next interest-rate cut. "The ...

The consumer price index rose 2.4% in February from a year earlier, unchanged from January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's still slightly above policymakers' long-term inflation ...

The latest report on the Producer Price Index (PPI) shows that wholesale inflation for final demand increased by 0.5% in January. Core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, was up 0.8% in ...