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.

U.S. inflation decelerated unexpectedly last month according to new data that had been delayed by the government shutdown.

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.

America’s cost-of-living problem is simple math: Inflation spiked several years ago and paychecks haven’t had enough time to catch up. The latest jobs report revealed Tuesday that the problem got even ...

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TL;DR: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney warns that soaring RAM prices, driven by AI demand diverting DRAM production, will impact the high-end gaming market for several years. DDR5 memory costs have surged ...

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped to 88.7 in November, from an upwardly revised October reading of 95.5, the lowest reading since April, when President ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower consumer prices that skyrocketed during Joe Biden's term, but he is now facing the same hard reality that dogged ...