What To Expect In Next Week's Inflation Report

The Consumer Price Index likely rose 3.1% over the year in September, according to forecasters. That would be the highest inflation in nearly a year and a half, which would underscore how tariffs have ...

Bank of Canada Survey, CPI Data to Weigh on Next Rate Decision, Gov. Macklem Says

The central bank’s quarterly business-outlook survey and September’s consumer-price index data are slated for release next ...
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Of Tariffs and Social Security: the Nation’s Elders and Disabled are About to be Stiffed

Because that’s what President Trump, with his import tariffs and his gutting of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) staff is ...

Economists see continued upward pressure on September CPI from core goods inflation

Get the latest inflation data forecast, CPI insights, and expert economist analysis ahead of the key Oct. 24 release.

Is the Fed Too Confident About Inflation? Some Economists Think So.

The central bank confronts “no risk-free path” in balancing the risks of a sharp slowdown in the labor market and resurgent ...

Social Security cost-of-living increase announcement delayed by government shutdown

The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living increase.

U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says

The findings suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices — something Trump had promised to address in ...

When Is the Next CPI Report?

Happily, the next CPI report will be released despite the shutdown. The federal government agency tasked with releasing the inflation report has been called back to work. In other words, when it comes ...