To me, it’s the worst it’s ever been.” More than 1,000 miles away in Columbus, Ohio, Saeed Nassef runs a local homebuilding ...

Americans were already feeling squeezed by rising prices, and now they have fresh data to confirm it. After months of relative stability, consumer prices are climbing at their quickest annual pace in ...

March inflation data was released this morning, and it showed the consumer price index (CPI) rising 3.3%. That’s the highest inflation reading since April 2024. However, inflation readings excluding ...

Prices for the goods and services Americans use the most spiked higher in March as the war in Iran unfolded. The Labor Department on Friday confirmed that its Consumer Price Index, a measure of ...

The U.S.’s cease-fire with Iran has driven oil prices lower — but the cost of the conflict is primed to show up quite visibly Friday in the latest monthly snapshot of consumer prices. Nor is inflation ...

An energy shock stemming from the fighting has added a layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve’s decision-making around interest rates. By Colby Smith Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve. Early ...

The sudden increase in US gasoline prices felt by American consumers is set to be on full display in key inflation data due out this coming week. Economists are penciling in a 1% increase in the ...

Inflation ramped up in March to the hottest levels since May 2024 as higher energy prices slammed the economy – putting another dent in the Federal Reserve’s path to interest-rate cuts. The Consumer ...

Economists had predicted inflation would jump nearly an entire percentage point from 2.4% in February to 3.3% in March on an annual basis, according to the average of six separate forecasts reviewed ...

Swiss inflation last month rose to its highest level since March last year, as the conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices upward. Consumer prices were up 0.3% on year in March, higher than the ...

The consumer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.9% in March putting the annual inflation rate at 3.3%. However, core prices rose much less – just 0.2% for the month and 2.6% from a year ago ...

Sharply rising gas prices drove inflation to 3.3% in March, the highest rate in nearly two years. Inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months as aftershocks from the US-Israeli war with ...