The University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center recently reported a decline in consumer sentiment, a measure that has a significant ...

On February 24, the statistics ministry released the results of its 2022-23 (August-July) Consumer Expenditure Survey, which showed the weight of food items in monthly per capita consumption ...

Taken together, the combination of increased concern about the effects of Trump’s economic proposals and heightened inflation ...

New tariffs and rising costs are shifting U.S. consumer spending, with more stockpiling essentials and delaying major life ...

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According to the BLS, “CPI data in 2020 and 2021 was based on data collected from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys for 2017 and 2018. In each of those years, about 24,000 consumers from around ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as a chief barometer of inflation. But what is it and how is it calculated? CNBC Select explains below and recommends some cards that could help put money ...