Consumer News Inflation Slowed In April As Consumers Paid Less For Groceries

Shop price inflation slows despite soaring cost of fresh food

Overall shop price inflation has slowed to 1%, but fresh food is now 4.3% more expensive than a year ago, according to the BRC-NIQ Shop Price Monitor. Read More

Consumers Expect Inflation To Get Worse, Even As Fed Cuts Rates

Consumers expect inflation to get worse, according to surveys, but many economists and Fed officials are optimistic that it will ease. A relatively tame inflation report in September gave ammunition ... Read More

Consumer confidence continues to weaken as Americans see higher inflation, fewer jobs ahead

Consumer confidence in October slid for a third consecutive month, hitting its lowest level since April when President Trump’s tariff announcements sent shock waves through the economy. Read More

U.S. inflation stays elevated but prices rose less than feared last month

Consumer prices increased 3% in September from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Friday, up from 2.9% in August. Read More

Inflation ticks up but doesn’t slow consumer spending

In spite of still-rising prices on most goods and services, a Friday report from the Commerce Department finds the pace of consumer spending jumped more than expected in August and is a factor helping ... Read More

US consumer inflation cools in September; government shutdown threatens next report

The Fed tracks the Personal Consumption Expenditures price indexes for its 2% inflation target. Based on the CPI data, economists estimated core PCE inflation rose 0.2% in September, translating to a ... Read More

Stock Market: Consumer Inflation Shifts Appear To Be Weakening Corporate Growth

The headlines about new stock market highs are hiding the fundamental erosion in many consumer areas. While employment looks fine and inflation seems stable, consumers are making budget shifts to ... Read More