Walk into any grocery store in the United States and the shock is immediate. Ground beef now averages more than $6 per pound, eggs hovered above $5 a dozen for much of 2025, and everyday staples feel ...

The Trump admin squawks about protecting Americans from drugs, and then abruptly cuts funding to help people recover from ...

Inflation eased its grip on the American consumer in November, with prices rising 2.7% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said in a Dec. 18 report. The annual inflation rate had crept as high ...

As Americans look ahead to the new year, it’s tempting to think that inflation is waning. But economists expect that households will experience another uptick before inflation resumes a more sustained ...

That's how much fuel prices rose in November on the year, despite headline consumer inflation easing. Energy prices increased 4.2% over the year, lifted by the jump in fuel prices and a roughly 7% ...

After long-awaited government data showed underlying US inflation cooled to a four-year low in November, economists agreed on at least this much: something was off. In a report fouled by the ...

Millions of American consumers have been waiting for President Donald Trump’s tariffs to spark a dramatic rise in consumer prices, pushing the inflation rate into the red zone. They’re still waiting.

On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Rep. Ilhan Omar join Margaret ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7% annually in November, below estimates at 3.1%. Investors cheered the news as it could encourage the Fed to lower rates. Retailers are seeing consumers trade ...

State and local economic conditions and policies lead to deviations in inflation from the national average. For example, if local housing supply is relatively inelastic, then monetary or fiscal ...

The cost of living continued to climb in November — though a little less than two months ago — as 7 in 10 Americans say they're barely able to pay their bills. Consumer prices in November were up 2.7% ...