The Iran war has pushed up gasoline, groceries and other prices for consumers.

John Schmidt is the Former Assistant Assigning Editor for investing and retirement. Before joining Forbes Advisor, John was a senior writer at Acorns and editor at market research group Corporate ...

President Donald Trump promised to lower costs on his first day in office. But his import tariffs and war with Iran have made that impossible for now.

Consumer confidence is low, and surveys find that the majority of the US population thinks the economy is getting worse.

The consumer price index declined unexpectedly in November 2025. It was the first CPI report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics since the government shutdown ended last month. Economists said that ...

While policymakers focus on containing the inflation rate, consumers care more about whether their incomes grow faster than ...

K EVIN WARSH’S first day in his new job on May 22nd was instructive. For the first time in nearly 40 years, the chairman of ...

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The consumer price index rose 2.4% on an annual basis in May 2025, up from 2.3% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation trends are largely encouraging under the surface, and ...

Inflation throttled back in March, largely on lower gasoline prices — but tariffs threaten to reverse that downward trend in coming months while trouble also lurks in certain categories like groceries ...