by Sami Marshak | Mar 23, 2025 | Consumer Price Index, Economy, Featured, Inflation
Inflation in February slowed more than expected, although the threat of widespread tariffs, especially on goods from China, brings uncertainty about what’s to come in the future. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.8% year-over-year, slightly lower than the 2%...
by Sami Marshak | Mar 4, 2025 | Consumer Price Index, Featured, Inflation
Inflation ticked upward in January, rising higher than many economists expected—a sign that the economy is headed in the wrong direction. Prices rose 3% in January from a year ago — a full percentage point higher than the Fed’s 2% target goal, the Bureau of Labor...
by Genna Contino | May 14, 2024 | Consumer Price Index, Economy, Inflation
Inflation is still top of mind for many voters heading into the presidential election, despite the rate of price acceleration slowing considerably from its pandemic-era extremes. The consumer price index report, set to release Wednesday morning, will provide insight...
by Joseph Lingad | May 10, 2023 | Consumer Price Index, Economy, Inflation, Jobs
The Labor Department will release April’s Consumer Price Index Wednesday–a measure of prices for goods and services–amid sticky inflation, a robust job market, and the recent banking turmoil. Bloomberg is forecasting April’s inflation will remain at 5% but see...
by Joseph Lingad | Mar 22, 2023 | Consumer Price Index, Economy, Featured
Despite robust economic data suggesting the Fed raise interest rates to taper inflation, the traditional banking sector is causing it to reconsider. Inflation modestly decelerated in February but the latest figures probably won’t dissuade the Federal Reserve Board...
by Divya Murthy | Mar 19, 2023 | Consumer Price Index, Economy, Featured, Retail Sales
A post-holiday hangover clouded retail sales last month as resilient but weary consumers corrected their outsize January spending, holiday discounts faded and an air of caution returned, heightened by still high prices and rising interest rates. Retail and food...
