Inflation

A key inflation indicator that the Federal Reserve uses to set policy rose 3.4% in May, the fastest increase since the early 1990s.

Inflation is finally here, at its highest level since the aftermath of the 2008 crisis:We don't know if it's going to last but wages are finally rising, there is a shortage of seemingly everyt

It's not what the pundits think. It's what the money guys are doing.

The median PCE is a measure of inflation computed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. It ranks the components of inflation and picks the one in the middle as the measure of the longer-term trend in prices. Its construction makes it less sensitive to short-lived price fluctuations, thereby capturing the trend in prices. Released monthly.

The personal consumer expenditures price index is one of the Fed's favorite tools for tracking inflation.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Airline Fares in U.S. City Average

We provide explanations of basic and fundamental concepts on the definition of inflation, measurement of inflation, costs of inflation, the importance of measuring and controlling inflation, the role of the Federal Reserve in inflation, and other concepts such as price indexes, hyperinflation, trend and underlying inflation, measures of inflation like CPI, core CPI, median CPI, trimmed-mean CPI, PCE, core PCE, and trimmed-mean PCE.

Focus on exactly how and why prices are changing over time, and how these shifts might affect you.

Workers, after enduring a year of job losses, business closures and social distancing, are no longer interested in accepting low wages.

Prices are rising fast, in ways that seem temporary, yet this could change expectations in ways that are self-reinforcing.

The Consumer Price Index rise for April from a year earlier was the sharpest since September 2008.

The increase in the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index was well above forecasts. A top Fed official acknowledged the surprise but said, “This is one data point.”

It's going Dow... and Wall Street yelled "timber" (thanks, Ke$ha). The industrials-heavy Dow index fell 1.4% yesterday, after closing last week...

Used car prices jumped 10% in April and accounted for more than a third of the monthly increase in consumer prices

Restaurant prices in the 19th century (followed by 20th, below) Note: Until the mid-19th century prices were often quoted in shillings and pence, or in Spanish dollars. One Spanish bit = 12½¢; One …

Groceries, commodities, and more are experiencing temporary post-pandemic inflation

Why you need to stock up on wine, used cars, diapers and potted plants now.

Charmin, Tide, Gillette, Swiffer... Your pandemic grocery list = Procter & Gamble's pandemic winners list. In October, the consumer packaged...

Today’s data reflects backward-looking information, which is not necessarily a sign of what’s ahead.

So should we be worried about inflation? Many experts say no.

U.S. producer prices climbed more than forecast last month in a broad advance, indicating inflationary pressures continue to build across the nation's economy.The producer price index for final demand increased 1 percent in March from the prior month after a 0.5 percent gain in February, the Labor…

U.S. inflation has generally been below the Fed’s 2% target since 2012. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard discusses reasons inflation could move somewhat higher over the next year or so.

Previous food price spikes contributed to the 2011 Arab Spring protests, and more could be on the way.

The stats body said it had considered adding face masks and face covering but decided not to because 'usage could decrease rapidly once the population have been vaccinated.'

The administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus package may be too much for safety, an economist says.

Powell said he expects some inflationary pressures in the time ahead but they likely won't be enough to spur the central bank to hike interest rates.

Many economists agree that runaway inflation isn’t a major concern, at least in the short term