Phoenix used to be one of America’s inflation hotspots, with skyrocketing prices. Now, the pendulum has swung the other way.

After decades of quiescence, inflation surged in 2021 and 2022. The annualized Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased from ...

Our new data page, CPI Inflation Contributions from Goods and Services, details the evolution of inflation using the consumer ...

Inflation could be heating up again. Here's how to rebalance your portfolio to protect your investments.

Forecasters had expected lingering inflation in October. How will the new numbers affect the next Federal Reserve decision on interest rates?

A controversy erupted in Kerala over excerpts from the unpublished autobiography of veteran CPI(M) leader E P Jayarajan, leading to political upheaval in the state. The book, claimed not to be ...

Social Security benefits will arguably lose buying power next year because the 2.5% COLA understates inflation.

For Americans facing the steep medical costs, and for those also paying for college or child care, wage growth has not kept ...

Economists argue that Republican nostalgia for the economy under Trump’s first term is largely misguided. However, the GOP’s pessimism over current economic conditions resonated with voters.

When a frustrated Donald Trump flirted with removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a dispute over interest rates back in 2018, Fed leaders privately readied a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency ...

Considering how important Social Security is to seniors, it should come as no surprise that the reveal of the program's ...

Every October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reveals the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for the upcoming year, a ...