Consumer Prices

U.S. Inflation At A Glance

Posted 07.17.2008 | Business


Reports on inflation showed big price increases at the consumer level and the wholesale level for June, driven by higher energy and food costs. Here ...

Sticker Shock: Bread Prices Up 14.7 Percent, Milk Prices Up 13.3 Percent

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Inflation rose again last month, reflecting big jumps in the cost of energy and airline tickets. And the forecast is for even bigge...

Stagflation Fears Return

Wall Street Journal | Greg Ip | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business


The U.S. faces an unwelcome combination of looming recession and persistent inflation that is reviving angst about stagflation, a condition not seen s...

Housing Slump Fails To Stop Inflation

Bloomberg | Courtney Schlisserman, Bob Willis | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business


The two-year housing slump pushing the U.S. economy toward a recession hasn't alleviated inflation pressures, reports today showed. Consumer prices r...

Inflation Is At Highest Rate In 17 Years

AP | Martin Crutsinger | Posted 01.16.2008 | Business


Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years, even though prices generally remained tame outside o...

Stock Prices Drop For Second Straight Day

AP | Posted 01.16.2008 | Business


The Dow Jones industrial average has dropped 52.10 to 12,546.08 in the opening minutes of trading today, after falling 277.04 yesterday. The losses fo...


 

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