The pace of price increases overall is slowing. But the costs of some key essentials remain stubbornly high, and they ticked higher in August. The...
Things may get better over the longer term, but right now things are tough. To that end, the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index, gauging...
The Consumer Price Index released Thursday (July 11) showed that, at least overall, the pace of inflation cooled in June. But the category-by-category data from...
April’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data shows that inflation’s torrid pace is cooling, at least a bit. But one would be hard-pressed to think anything...
This week, the latest spate of data from the government on spending trends will be released. Retail sales data will track consumer demand for finished...
We’re all booking trips. But what we’re able to spend once we get away from it all … well, that remains to be seen. Delta...
We may have to wait a bit longer for rate cuts. And for the U.S. consumer, inflation’s a stubborn fact of life — volatile, to...
The Producer Price Index (PPI) declined for a third consecutive month in December. Final demand prices fell 0.1% in December after dropping 0.1% in November...
The end of inflation? The end of the pinch to paycheck-to-paycheck wallets? Hardly. And, per the latest Consumer Price Index data, released Thursday (Jan. 11) by...