Inflation

By DEE-ANN DURBIN Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. Trump often railed on the campaign trail against he…

Honey, I shrunk the chips… promising to be less stingy after customers complained it was shrinking snack portion sizes while keeping prices...

PepsiCo, the maker of popular chip brands Lay’s, Doritos and Ruffles, is increasing snack sizes at a time when sales have lagged.

Fans of Whole Foods’ iconic Berry Chantilly Cake have been up in arms on social media over the past few weeks. One TikTok user showed a single slice stuffed with compote and with fruit on the side. In the past, the user said, the layers had been filled with fresh fruit and cream.

The battle is far from over, but there seems to be reason for optimism.

Argentines, famed for steakhouses, sprawling cattle ranches and asado barbecues, are consuming less beef than ever, forced to tighten their belts by triple-digit inflation and a recession.

Inflation, but make it slower The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI), a weighted basket of various goods and services, was unchanged month-over-month...

For better or for worse, inflation is here to stay. This game lets you practice your decision making centered around the rise and fall of prices and interest rates. Inflation stinks--nobody likes paying more for the goods and services they buy. But since interest rates are the tool most commonly used by the Federal Reserve to bring inflation down, that means it's possible to mitigate the damage of inflation by choosing what to do with your finances based on their rise and fall.

Inflation may have slowed last year, but it continued to deal heavy blows — some devastating — on Americans’ livelihoods: Nearly two-thirds of US households were worse off because of it, and roughly 1 in 6 adults couldn’t pay all their monthly bills, new Federal Reserve data shows.

If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?This video is presented by DCU. DCU doesn’t have a say in our editorial decisions...

If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?

Vinyl is popular again and economists are noticing.

prices for electrical goods and appliances in the 1980's examples from The People History Site

Inflation isn't entirely tamed and most stuff ain't cheap.

A man entered Magic Kingdom recently using a 1978 ticket that cost $8 at the time

"Hazlitt’s thesis is that bad money will inevitably result in bad behavior. This might be a tough thesis to swallow — particularly for those who live in the age of fiat money." ~Jon Miltimore

Inflation has cooled significantly recently, but you may still find yourself paying more at the grocery store. What gives? Here's a primer on what easing inflation actually means.

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Many Girl Scout councils are raising the price of their popular cookies from $5 to $6 a box. The increase offers Girl Scouts and their customers a bittersweet lesson in inflation.

The acting Social Security commissioner says a 3.2% increase in benefits next year “will help millions of people keep up with expenses." The increase announced Thursday is far less than this year’s historic boost and reflects moderating consumer prices.

Inflation can have a dramatic effect on purchasing power. Use this calculator to analyze the impact of inflation on any future retirement needs.

The Journal has put together a price tracker of common items that many Americans buy monthly to see the direction of prices that matter to you.

Forward-looking indicators show inflation slowing more.

As the world shifts to a new post-pandemic normal, the inflation targets of central banks across the world have faced new scrutiny.

Inflation has come down from its 2022 heights, but economists are worried about its stubbornness.

British inflation defied predictions of a slowdown and held at 8.7% in May, putting yet more pressure on the Bank of England a day before it is expected to raise interest rates for the 13th time in a row.

The economist predicted that the Fed would need to push unemployment above 5 percent to contain price growth. Whoops.