Inflation and Cost of Living

despite gains in consumer spending, investment, and exports. Inflationary pressures intensified, with the PCE price index rising 3.6% and core inflation (excluding food and energy) hitting 3.5%. Read More

Inflation Fears Hit 45-Year High As Trump Tariffs, Market Crash Sink Consumer Sentiment: Survey

Concerns about inflation ... while consumer confidence plunged for the fourth straight month as Americans grow increasingly anxious about the economy, a new survey said. Americans now expect ... Read More

Consumer inflation fears reach highest mark since 1981

American consumers expect prices to rise by 6.7% over the next year, according to a closely watched survey of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan. The inflation expectation figure ... Read More

Consumer sentiment craters further as inflation expectations soar to highest since 1981

Consumer sentiment tumbled further in April as the impacts of President Trump's tariff policies were top of mind. The latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey released Friday showed ... Read More

Consumer sentiment tumbles in April as inflation fears spike, University of Michigan survey shows

Consumer sentiment grew even worse than expected in April as the expected inflation level hit its highest since 1981, a closely watched University of Michigan survey showed Friday. The survey's ... Read More

Unemployment fears hit worst levels since Covid as tariffs fuel inflation outlook, Fed survey shows

Consumer worries grew over inflation, unemployment and the stock market as the global trade war heated up in March, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey released Monday. Read More

Consumer sentiment tumbles in April as inflation fears spike, University of Michigan survey shows

Consumer sentiment grew even worse than expected in April as the expected inflation level hit its highest ... lowest in the survey's history going back to 1952. Get local news you need to know ... Read More

Consumer sentiment tumbles in April as inflation fears spike, University of Michigan survey shows

Consumer sentiment grew even worse than expected in April as the expected inflation level hit its highest since 1981, a closely watched University of Michigan survey showed Friday. The survey’s ... Read More