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Inflation Ticked Up to 2.4% in May, Driven by Rising Housing Costs
The consumer price index increased 0.1% for the month of May, lower than economists' predictions, with the annual rate ...
Consumer sentiment rises for 1st time this year as inflation remains tame
Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy ...
Oil-Price Surge Could Complicate U.S. Inflation Fight
A sustained surge in oil prices is likely to complicate the U.S. fight against inflation. A $10-a-barrel increase would boost ...
Cost of President Trump’s tariffs hits home, as several consumer goods and services surge to record highs
President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ...
U.S. data quality has been declining for years. Now Trump’s cutbacks are leading economists to question its figures
Decades of declining quality and accuracy in federal statistics, exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s cuts, have economists questioning data that inform everything from the Federal Reserve’s ...
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Fox ramps up Trump’s pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve
Following a better-than-expected consumer price index report from May, which showed prices increasing by 0.1% last month for ...
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Trump’s tariffs hit home, as costs of some consumer goods and services surge to record highs
The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef ...
Where’s the Inflation From Tariffs? Just Wait, Economists Say.
But in the price-tracking data, the evidence is much more uneven. April’s inflation reports — measuring consumer and producer ...
Inflation data, US China trade talks, Tesla’s robotaxi update: Live Updates
The CPI gives the latest update on consumer inflation, President Trump’s trade team is back from talks with China and Tesla ...
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U.S. Consumer Prices Inch Up In Line With Estimates In April
The Commerce Department said its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index inched up by 0.1 ... The Federal Reserve's preferred readings on consumer price inflation were included in ...
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CT passes consumer protections on price gouging, hidden fees
A comprehensive consumer protection bill addressing annoyances such as hidden fees, price gouging and hard-to-cancel subscriptions won final passage Thursday as the General Assembly’s 2025 ...