The Consumer Price Index is the chief benchmark economists use to measure inflation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI each month by collecting information on the price of ...

In October 2022, I circulated “An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor[.]” Much has occurred since. Inflation remains an acute problem. In turn ...

US labor cost growth cooled in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, reassuring Federal Reserve policymakers wage pressures ...

The consumer price index is a weighted average collection ... of the total population they wish to study, the Bureau of Labor Statistics selects a sample of goods and services thought to be ...

Recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the cost of living continues to outpace earnings, leaving many ...

The Consumer Price Index report for ... Interestingly, the New Tenant Rent Index as produced by the Bureau of Labor statistics showed a decline of 2.4% for Q4 2024. Now this is an experimental ...

Hers set out to find how much the prices of healthy groceries have gone up in the U.S.—how much did the cost of eggs really ...

Inflation ended 2024 by moving slightly higher. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.4% increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) on a seasonally adjusted ...

On Wednesday, the price of bitcoin continued rising, surging to over $99,000 as it looked poised to return to the $100,000 mark, driven by new inflation data. Minutes after the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

Yes, there is an egg shortage due to bird flu. Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed there is ...