The consumer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4% on the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.9%. The annual number was in line with forecasts. Core CPI annual rate was 3.2%, a ...
Entering 2025, models from forecasting companies like Trading Economics anticipate inflation rates between 2.4% and 2.9% ...
Recently, progress on inflation appeared to be stuck or, at worst, reversing: A closely watched gauge of underlying price hikes — an index that excludes highly volatile categories — hadn’t budged for ...
Core CPI annual rate was 3.2%, a notch down from the month before and slightly better than the 3.3% outlook ... putting the year-over-year gain at just 1%, the BLS said in a separate release.