“The Consumer Price Index in the United States averaged 124.59 points from 1950 until 2024, reaching an all-time high of 314.80 points in August of 2024 and a record low of 23.50 points in ...

As inflation inches higher and consumer prices climb, Donald Trump is resorting to a familiar tactic: The president is making stuff up.

The most pertinent example is shelter prices, weighted roughly double in the CPI Index compared with the PCE Index. “Housing is the biggest [factor] driving the divergence right now,” Caldwell ...

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier, as the global trade war started to bite. 10 Inflation 8 6 +2.9% excluding Inflation accelerated in June as President Trump’s ...

US inflation heated back up in June, rising to its highest level in four months, as price increases — including those from tariffs — packed a bigger punch.

The consumer price index rose 0.2% in August — the same increase seen in July, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. AP A big reason why inflation likely fell last month is that gas ...