Inflation is a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.

Consumer prices surged 3.8% in April from a year ago, according to the Labor Department. We hear from people who are feeling the effects of inflation and how they're dealing.

WASHINGTON - Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected — and unwanted — houseguest who just won’t leave. For months, many economists had sounded a reassuring message that a spike in consumer ...

Prices that both consumers and wholesalers pay for goods and services have increased over the past month, according to new ...

Inflation isn’t a four-letter word, but the way that everyone from economists to TV pundits to politicians talks about it, it might as well be. Even if you don’t know exactly how inflation works, ...

Vice President Kamala Harris paid the price for Americans paying high prices. Or at least higher prices. And while everyday prices are certainly higher than they were prior to the pandemic, the annual ...

As economists and pundits continue to debate why Americans aren’t feeling better about the economy despite healthy growth and falling rates of inflation, the inflation outlook itself continues to ...