Urban American consumers are paying more for good and services while more are out of work, according to the U.S. Bureau of ...

The consumer price index was expected to increase 0.3% in August, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.

A sharp drop in wholesale prices last month signaled a few key takeaways about the outlook for U.S inflation and the economy. President Donald Trump’s tariffs appear to be holding down inflation for ...

Tariffs of up to 50% on countries with large U.S. trade deficits are linked to price increases for goods like vehicles, furniture, toys and food. Although the Consumer Price Index rose 2.7% over the ...

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. Consumer prices rose 0.3% last month, ...

Inflation rose less than expected in May, a month when the effects of higher tariffs were starting to become more widespread. Consumer prices rose 0.1% last month, while the annual inflation rate ...

How does inflation actually work? Prices continually increase over time, but why? And why do they never decrease? When the Labor Department releases the monthly consumer price index, the question is ...

Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

Now that the Federal Reserve has signaled lower interest rates are likely to come in the next month or so, attention will turn back to the underlying health of the economy. That will be clearer this ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reducing or ending the collection of data that is used to calculate the Consumer Price Index. By Ben Casselman Federal Reserve policymakers have stressed that their ...

Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal just slapped Donald Trump with a stark warning: His tariffs are backfiring and American consumers will soon be picking up the bill. In an article published ...