Today, the U.S. Department of Labor released the consumer price index (CPI) for November, and inflation hit a 39-year high. Wall Street analysts and economists had generally expected to show the ...

Supply-chain disruptions, pandemic unpredictability, and war have sent inflation to levels not seen since the early 1980s. Higher prices for essentials like food, housing, and gas are making life more ...

The 8.6% jump in the Consumer Price Index between May 2021 and May 2022 was stunning, and it marked the biggest inflation increase since 1981. A fresh CPI reading—for the 12 months ended June 30—is ...

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced on Tuesday that Washington’s minimum wage will rise 2.8 ...

With state-level electricity subsidies on the rise, the government is revising how it calculates inflation for power consumption. In a major methodological shift, the new Consumer Price Index ...

The Congressional Research Service issued a report on the hypothetical use of the CPI-E, or the consumer price index for the elderly, to calculate annual inflation adjustments for Social Security ...