This is a wacky number,” Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, told Fortune. “Shelter costs basically flatlined October by carrying forward September. When housing is that large a component, that ...
Market frustration with the November Consumer Price Index is not about how low inflation printed. It’s about whether the number can be trusted at all. The report showed that annual CPI inflation ...
The latest Consumer Price Index release looked, at first glance, like a holiday gift for policymakers, with headline ...
Inflation fell to its lowest in years in November, according to one important measure. But it may not be all it appears.