The cost of shelter keeps climbing as overall inflation slows

There’s good news and bad news in the Labor Department’s July Consumer Price Index (CPI). Overall inflation rose just ... over the last 12 months. Food prices also rose last month but at ... Read More

When Is Shelter Services Inflation Coming Down?

Different leading indicators of housing inflation, suggest it will continue to decline toward more traditional levels over the next year. Read More

Inflation is easing but Americans still aren't feeling it

So why do they still feel so dreary? Protect your assets: Best high-yield savings accounts of 2023 One word: Inflation. Although a pandemic-induced price spike has slowed substantially ... Read More

US annual consumer price increase slows to below 3% as inflation ebbs

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices rose moderately in July and the annual increase in inflation slowed ... Shelter costs, which include rents, increased 0.2% in June. Food prices ... Read More

CBS News price tracker shows how much food, gas, utility and housing costs are rising

As consumers cope with lingering inflation, CBS News is tracking the change in prices of everyday household expenses — from food at the grocery store to utilities and even rent — across the ... Read More

A key inflation gauge showed price hikes slowed last month. But economic jitters remain

The forecasts are for CPI to rise 0.2% from June, likely pushed higher by rising gas ... shelter inflation has slowed in recent months and the CPI’s measurement of housing-related prices ... Read More

Inflation milestone: Consumer Price Index slows below 3% for first time since March 2021

Consumer prices ... Excluding gas and food, categories that tend to be quite volatile, core CPI rose 0.2% from June and saw its annual rate slow to 3.2% from 3.3%. Core CPI inflation is now ... Read More

July inflation breakdown: Where are prices still rising the fastest?

The Labor Department on Wednesday said that the consumer ... Americans are seeing prices rising and falling the fastest. Housing costs were once again the main driver of inflation last month. Read More

Inflation is low. Prices are still high. What gives?

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average change in prices urban consumers paid over time for a “market basket” of goods and services, from milk and shoes to haircuts and day care. The CPI ... Read More