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U.S. stocks rise as investors digest softer inflation data, sentiment report
Wall Street major averages rose in Friday's early afternoon trade despite softer-than-expected inflation data, and consumer ...
Home electricity bills may reach a 12-year high this summer, driven by high temperatures, inflation
High temperatures and rising electricity costs could boost home energy bills by 6% this summer, a new report says.
Powell warns of more volatile inflation as latest data shows impact from tariffs
US wholesale prices sank in April, logging their biggest monthly drop since Covid stifled the economy, as tariffs put a ...
Inflation is dropping but these prices are still soaring
It's normal for some prices to rise at a much faster pace than overall inflation, said Omar Sharif, founder and president of ...
Inflation cooled again even as some tariffs took effect. But economists don’t expect that to last
Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, ...
Rent increases are driving overall inflation — but it’s a lot more complicated than you think
Rising rent prices were a major factor pushing up consumer prices in April. While they’re expected to come down in the months ...
Walmart Increases Prices, and Economists See Inflation Rising
Economists expect the consumer-price inflation rate to increase to that number, approximately, over the next year, from 2.3% ...
New Zealand inflation expectations rise in Q2, central bank survey shows
New Zealand's inflation expectations rose in the second quarter to its highest in a year, a Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ ...
2026 Social Security COLA estimated at 2.4% after latest inflation report
Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 could be 2.4%, up from last month's forecast for 2.2%, according to an ...