The consumer price index was unchanged in December, and the inflation rate for some consumer staples like food and ...

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Progress in the fight to tame pandemic-era inflation appears to have stalled out in October, despite lower prices at the gasoline pump and a moderation in other consumer staples such as groceries.

Gasoline prices are down, but rising grocery costs continue to weigh on consumers.

After decades of quiescence, inflation surged in 2021 and 2022. The annualized Consumer Price Index increased from about 1.5% to over 9%. The CPI has cooled off since, but prices today are 21% higher ...

The consumer price index increased 2.7% in November 2024 from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation is not accelerating, but remains persistently too high, economists ...

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 ...

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 consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December. That's up from 2.7% in November. Energy, food, new and used vehicles, car insurance and airline fares were among ...