The closely-watched consumer price index for June was released Thursday morning, and fell by 0.1% from the previous month, the first time that’s happened since May 2020. Meanwhile, real earnings were ...

It has been many years since U.S. consumers have experienced the jolting effects of double-digit spikes in inflation. Over the last 20 years, the average yearly increase in the Consumer Price Index ...

Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.

Joseph Kimbrough, Founder of Apex, a private equity fund specializing in acquiring multifamily assets to ensure strong returns for investors. Inflation is the rise of prices of goods and services over ...

Jordyn joined Investopedia in February 2025. She was previously a freelance writer covering lifestyle, entertainment, politics in the Midwest, and more. Getty Images A new Wells Fargo study indicates ...

With inflation easing, the wages of working-class Americans are finally moving into the plus column. Average hourly pay for production and nonsupervisory workers — who make up four-fifths of employees ...

“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” Milton Friedman once said. In other words, don’t blame greed — blame the politicians who control the money supply. Ron Paul called inflation ...

When President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it set off worries that economic data might not be as trustworthy in the future. The president claimed, without citing evidence, ...