Inflation increased by 2.9% in December 2024, marking three consecutive monthly rises. Mountain West states had the lowest ...

The consumer-price index came in relatively hot, rising 2.9% over the year, the Labor Department. But the so-called core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.2% from a month ...

US consumer inflation rose for a third straight month in December as energy prices jumped but a widely watched measure eased ...

Inflation picked up speed in December as the U.S. economy showed unexpected signs of strength at the end of 2024. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in the final month of 2024 and ended ...

In Phoenix, food away from home saw one of the more significant jumps, increasing 3.4% in the past year compared to grocery prices, which rose 0.7%. Energy prices declined overall, driven by lower gas ...

The U.S. stock market broadly climbed Wednesday, after the CPI inflation report spurred a drop in Treasury yields. The S&P 500 SPX closed 1.8% higher, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA ...

The Labor Department's inflation report for the month of December showed that food and energy prices were the primary drivers ...

Three economic experts share their outlook on what 2025 might hold. No surprise: The incoming Trump administration is a wild ...

New York (CNN) — US stocks surged higher Wednesday after an encouraging inflation report and blockbuster profits for some of ...

Inflation crept up again in December, driven mostly by a jump in energy prices, according to the latest Consumer Price Index ...

Consumer prices rose 2.9% in December from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive monthly uptick in annual inflation.

While the consumer price index for December rose at a faster-than-expected pace, markets seized on the core CPI, which ...