President Donald Trump promised to bring inflation down. Yet he keeps doing things that push prices up. The war on Iran is Exhibit A. When Iranian authorities retaliated by closing the Strait of ...

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May PPI surged to 6.5%, but core PPI missed expectations at 4.9%, suggesting energy drove the spike rather than broad-based inflation. The Fed faces a tough choice: hike rates and risk slower growth, ...

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The consumer price index rose 3.5% in June 2026 from a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. It was a slowdown from May, the first pullback in the annual inflation rate since ...

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge surged to a three-year high in April, adding to growing concern at the central bank and on Wall Street over broadening price pressures. The Personal ...

Americans are paying an average of $4.50 per gallon, up about 50% since the start of the conflict. Fuel prices impact just about everything, and that's reflected in April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge continued its climb in May, casting further doubt on the prospects of near-term interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Processing Content The ...

I have great news for Americans worried that inflation just jumped above 4%, the highest hike in three years. It turns out rising consumer prices are fantastic! President Donald Trump, when asked on ...

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is one of the primary metrics used to track inflation. It measures the average change in prices of everyday goods and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the Iran war are only having a limited impact on ...

The consumer price index jumped 4.2% in May versus a year earlier, its highest level in more than three years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gasoline and other energy prices surged ...