Tag: Consumer Price Index
Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Increase Will Be Largest in Four Decades, an Estimate Says
More than 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits can expect an inflation adjustment to their monthly…
Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates
Already, new home construction has dropped sharply as borrowing costs climb, declining 14.4 percent in May to the…
Strong Wage and Jobs Growth Keeps Fed on Track for Big Rate Increase
A surprisingly robust June employment report reinforced that America’s labor market remains historically strong even as recession warnings…
The Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Points to Tackle Inflation
The Federal Reserve took its most aggressive step yet to try to tame rapid and persistent inflation, raising…
Inflation in the United States: What You Need to Know
The government reported on Friday that consumer prices climbed 8.6 percent over the year through May, the fastest…
Americans Keep Spending Even as Inflation Erodes Buying Power
Americans built up trillions of dollars in savings during the pandemic. Now, with prices rising at their fastest…
Why Has the CPI Inflation Calculation Changed Over Time?
Consumer prices are increasing at the fastest clip in about 40 years, climbing 8.3 percent in April compared…
How Do Higher Interest Rates Bring Down Inflation?
This kind of communication was less common 30 years ago. But a series of Fed chairs — Alan…
Inflation Complicates Return to Office Plans
A recent analysis from Square, the technology company, quantified the “lunchflation” that workers like Ms. Jacobson were facing.…
Prices were 8.5% higher in March than a year earlier.
A Shanghai neighborhood under lockdown last month. Lockdowns in China risk causing further product shortages in the United…
Few Cars, Lots of Customers: Why Autos Are an Inflation Risk
Mr. McCabe does not think that car inventory will ever fully rebound: Dealers and automakers have learned that…
Bond Market Unsettled by Inflation Worries
From a longer vantage, the August 2020 trough may just possibly have marked the end of a 40-year…