Affordability is top of mind for consumers and politicians as prices for household staples have risen sharply in recent years ...

Affordability is the key buzzword ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, and no cost-of-living concern has risen to the top of the political agenda like rising electricity prices. The Trump ...

Discover how the CPI-W measures inflation affecting urban wage earners and clerical workers, impacting cost-of-living adjustments and economic decisions.

President Donald Trump says grocery prices are "falling rapidly" under his economic policies, but the government's own data says otherwise.

Calculating housing costs presented one of the thorniest challenges—and they make up a huge portion of the price index.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that its consumer price index rose 2.7% in November from a year earlier. Yet, ...

Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market.

PARIS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Current low electricity market prices are a problem for French utility EDF's earnings and the company's ability to leverage debt if they persist at a time when EDF is gearing ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending increased moderately in September after three straight months of solid gains, suggesting a loss of momentum in the economy at the end of the third ...

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...

A new NerdWallet survey finds that while a majority of Americans think 2026 will be a better year for them than 2025 financially, just over half think consumer prices will worsen. Many, or all, of the ...

Those that do comply do so minimally, while still burying pricing files in unusable formats that might as well be invisible to patients. Insurers negotiate blindly with hospitals that keep an upper ...