Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

Inflation, as measured by the producer price index, fell seven-tenths of a percentage point to 2.6% for the year ending in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, a sign that price ...

Good afternoon and welcome to our inflation live coverage. The Office for National Statistics will publish August’s inflation report tomorrow morning at 7am, and it is unlikely to make pretty reading.

It is hard to understate the importance of inflation in Americans’ concerns today. Not only is it almost always the top issue of concern for Americans in the polls, but people also think it is getting ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

Inflation rose in August and remained well above the Federal Reserve's target rate as central bank policymakers weigh potential interest rate cuts at their meeting next week. The Bureau of Labor ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

WSJ’s Konrad Putzier breaks down two new datasets on employment and income levels in 2024, and what they reveal about the economy that President Trump inherited in his second term. Photo Illustration: ...

The S&P 500 could sell off if Thursday's CPI reading shows inflation is heating up again, JPMorgan said. The bank sees the benchmark index tumbling as low as 6,000 in its short-term downside scenario.

U.S. inflation accelerated modestly in August, offering some leeway for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at its September meeting. Consumer prices rose an annual 2.9% in August, the Labor ...

Paul Whiteley has received funding from the British Academy and the ESRC. American voters often rank inflation as the most important issue facing the US. But something odd has happened to inflationary ...