Consumer Price Index showed that while average price gains are moderating, some everyday prices are seeing big price gains.

Because of this, caution should be used when interpreting direct comparisons with the period before the COVID-19 pandemic ... year-over-year inflation. The frequency of price decreases did not move ...

High inflation has roiled the economy and household budgets since the U.S. began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Inflation has fallen from its peak in 2022 when COVID's disruption ...

Inflation rose across much of the world as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains and changed consumption patterns during a period of social sequestration. In the United States, inflation ...

Tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump could disrupt supply chains and stoke inflation, much like the cascade of price increases that ripped through the economy during the pandemic ...

The issue assumed greater urgency, however, during the Covid pandemic ... index very much. Second, and more to the point — the industry’s profit margins did not expand as inflation accelerated.