Inflation hit historic highs last month as lingering supply chain issues and global tensions over Russia’s war with Ukraine dashed policymakers’ hopes that consumer prices […]
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Surging Energy Prices Drive Up Core and Consumer Prices for Second Consecutive Month
Consumer prices continued to move upward in February in the latest sign that Americans continue to grapple with surging energy prices. The consumer-price index rose […]
Refinery Strikes Had Little Impact on Gas Prices That Will Continue to Fall
By Marguerite Ward Some experts speculated that the United Steelworkers strike, the largest oil refinery strike in over three decades, would send gas prices upward. […]
April U.S. Auto Sales expected to be stable
Auto sales are estimated to remain flat compared to last month but up from April 2012, making the automobile industry one of the economy’s strongest […]
Gas Surcharges Haven’t Added To Commodities, CPI Shows
By Menglin Huang| Mar 16, 2012 Higher gas prices in February drove headline consumer prices up by the most in 10 months. But outside of […]
Consumers Remain Unfazed by Higher Gas Prices
With retail sales the highest they’ve been in five months, rising gasoline prices don’t seem to be fazing consumers, yet. Retail sales rose 1.1% in […]
January Inflation Follows Fed’s Expectation
Consumer prices rose slightly in January, mainly lifted by energy and apparel costs due to the tension with Middle Eastern countries and a cotton supply […]