Historically, there was only one measure of inflation in the UK – the ubiquitous retail price index. Indeed, the letters RPI became entirely synonymous with the notion of price inflation. However, ...
The federal government produces two ways to measure inflation: There’s the consumer price index — the August reading comes Wednesday — and there’s the personal consumption expenditures price index, ...
HEADLINES ABOUT inflation in America typically refer to the country’s consumer-price index (CPI), the most widely used measure of changing prices. CPI inflation slowed in August to 2.5% year-on-year.
Inflation has grabbed headlines since 2020, climbing to the top of the list of concerns for many households globally. But while consumers only notice inflation when it hurts their wallets, ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should stop issuing inflation-linked bonds that are tied to a flawed measure of price growth that gives bondholders an undeserved £1 billion windfall each year, lawmakers ...
After President Donald Trump’s sacking of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the wake of a weak July employment report, investors will be parsing this coming week’s ...