U.S. consumer spending increased marginally in April, with households opting to boost savings amid mounting economic uncertainty because of a constantly changing tariff landscape.

Here's the inflation breakdown for February 2025 — in one chart By Greg Iacurci, CNBC • Published March 12, 2025 • Updated on March 12, 2025 at 2:56 pm ...

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The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December. That's up from 2.7% in November. Energy, food, new and used vehicles, car insurance and airline fares were ...

In today's Chart of the Day, Yahoo Finance host Julie Hyman explores this wage growth pattern, the factors shaping it, and what it means for consumer spending in relation to inflation.

Inflation turned out to be a defining issue of the 2024 election, but the common story about its cause — covid-era stimulus — is more wrong than right. We should not learn a mistaken lesson.

In September, shelter inflation throttled back on a monthly basis, to 0.2% from 0.5% in August. That's among the most encouraging signals in the latest CPI report, economists said.