Consumer Price Index inflation rose 0.5% month-on-month, likely incrementally delaying any Federal Reserve plans for interest ...

The BLS updated CPI weights and seasonal adjustment factors to reflect price movements in 2024. Economists had expected the updated seasonal factors to temper the rise in the CPI. Businesses could ...

Inflation ticked higher in January as stubbornly high prices continued to strain Americans' household finances as the Federal Reserve weighs a continued pause to its interest rate cut plans.

U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in January, reinforcing the Federal Reserve's message that it was in no ...

Shelter inflation slows more gradually, but is a relatively high weight within the CPI measurement that the Fed watches closely. Since the increase in rates is now fully represented in housing ...

The most important series within CPI inflation is often shelter costs. Shelter carries a significant weight within the index and was increasing at a 4.4% annual rate, as of the December CPI report.

"Recent release of CES may have an impact on food CPI and subsequently on overall CPI as the weights of major food items has (been) revised from 47.8 percent in 2011-12 to 42.8 percent in 2022-23 ...

The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 3% over the prior year in January, an uptick from December's 2.9% annual gain in prices.

The report followed a pattern of CPI numbers overshooting expectations every January, which some economists said suggested that the seasonal adjustment factors, the model used by the government to ...