What an around-the-mulberry bush explanation for inflation. It doesn’t matter which party is in the White House. The simple and honest answer is more jobs and higher wages increase household incomes ...

Price growth ticked higher in October as voters began casting ballots in a presidential election in which economic concerns played a big role. The consumer price index climbed to 2.6% last month since ...

The typical American household must spend an additional $11,434 annually just to maintain the same standard of living they enjoyed in January of 2021, right before inflation soared to 40-year highs, ...

Anticipation of incoming president Trump’s tariffs has caused confusion regarding high prices and high inflation. They are not really the same. The effect of tariffs is to push prices up, but not to ...

The Consumer Price Index in June rose 2.7% on an annual basis, a sign inflation around the U.S. is creeping up after declining earlier this year. The CPI was forecast to rise 2.7% last month, higher ...

The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising at the fastest pace since the start of the year. Consumer prices rose 0.3% in September, which drove the annual ...

For the second time in less than a week, President Joe Biden falsely claimed Tuesday that the inflation rate was 9% when he began his presidency. Biden repeated the claim about the inflation rate, ...

Inflation eased more than expected in June as falling gasoline prices offset another increase in rent, providing a third straight month of relief for Americans struggling with a pandemic-related spike ...

Annual inflation rose less than expected in September, according to a crucial report published Friday, nine days later than normal due to the government shutdown. Consumer prices rose 3.0% in ...