Core inflation — which strips out energy and food prices, which can be volatile categories — was at 2.8% in April. "I think tariffs are the biggest question mark over the infl ...

On a "core" basis, which strips out the more volatile costs of food and gas, the December Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 0.2% over the prior month, a deceleration from November's 0.3% monthly ...

Instead, Thursday’s Consumer Price Index report was likely another example of a ‘what might have been’ for the US economy. The latest reading of the Consumer Price Index — which showed ...

Inflation cooled in September but less than economists had expected. The consumer price index increased 2.4% over the year, above the forecast of 2.3%. The unexpectedly hot inflation reading ...

Shelter inflation has taken a long time to adjust to that housing backdrop due to how federal statisticians compile the CPI index. In short, its slow adjustment up or down is by design.