The rise in inflation comes after a continuous fall in the consumer price index (CPI) for nine months. It was in decline ...

Tariffs continued to push up prices and squeeze household budgets in August, if forecasters are right about this week's ...

BLS says staff shortage has 'minimal impact' on headline U.S. inflation estimate Is the best-known U.S. inflation report becoming less accurate because of the Trump administration's hiring freeze? The ...

In May, the cost of groceries, toys and games, and large appliances rose, which could reflect the impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Gas prices dropped 2.6% last month. Future CPI inflation reports ...

Price increases were milder than anticipated in May, according to the most prominent measure of inflation across the country, even as economists and monetary policy officials warn tariffs could undo ...

Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...