Retirees are facing higher prices today, but they'll have to wait for their next raise.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March consumer price index report earlier Friday. Here are the numbers at a glance: Overall YoY: +3.3%, higher than February's rate of +2.4%. Overall MoM: ...
Mon, March 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM UTC For a few weeks in early 2026, retirees got rare good news: the January CPI-W reading came in at 2.6% year-over-year, slightly below the 2.8% COLA that took effect ...
Federal Reserve officials had already braced for a large run-up in fuel prices, and Friday’s CPI report underscored why they had solidified a pause on interest-rate changes at their meeting last month ...
Mortgage rates are holding near 6.38% in early May, with the next potential movement expected after the May 12 Consumer Price Index release. The report is seen as the most influential factor for rates ...
While the latest CPI numbers looked promising, they don't reflect any effects the war in Iran will have on energy prices. The U.S. economy is already facing labor market headwinds -- 92,000 jobs were ...
Measuring price fluctuations for a representative basket of goods and services provides a critical benchmark for inflation and the overall health of the U.S. economy. The Consumer Price Index, ...
Inflation rose at an annual rate of 3.3% in March, driven by the sharpest monthly increase in gas prices since 1967.
The March CPI report is the final piece of economic data in a week that featured a ceasefire in the Iran war , a PCE report that was inline with expectations but showed inflation remains sticky and a ...
The March CPI report dropped at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, and S&P 500 (CGSPC) futures are barely moving as the markets digest how much the Iran conflict has pushed up consumer prices. S&P 500 (^GSPC) ...
Economists had been expecting to see a year-on-year increase of around 2.4 percent in the headline inflation number, with an attendant gain of 2.5 percent in core CPI. If an oil price spike is ...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative basket of goods and services.