“Core” C.P.I., which more closely reflects underlying inflation by removing volatile food and energy prices, also showed ...

January's CPI report shows inflation is running hotter than the Fed would like, at 3%. That's hard on retirees. Is Social ...

The Fed lowered its key interest rate by a total percentage point at three meetings late last year but held it steady in late January as inflation remained stuck just below 3%. Wednesday’s report on ...

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saying “we know that reducing policy restraint too fast or too much could hinder progress on inflation.” Jerome Powell’s Fed kept interest rates steady on Wednesday. AFP via Getty Images ...

The cap on premium increases is a postponement of the inevitable, given the rate of medical inflation in the country, said Azrul Mohd Khalib, chief executive of the Galen Centre for Health and ...

while inflation for retail and other goods rose to 0.3 per cent due to a smaller decrease in the prices of personal effects and a larger increase in the prices of medicine and health products.

The crisis has been building for years due to changes in Medicaid coverage and soaring health care costs ... At the same time, inflation is driving up costs. "I've been doing this for 28 years ...

The inflation rate for goods (tangible items like groceries and clothing) rose to 1.9% in December from 1.6% in November. Meanwhile, the rate for services (such as education and medical care ...

Consumer price index rises 0.5% in December quarter Annual inflation steady at 2.2% - lowest since March 2021 Higher airfares, used cars, rents drive quarterly rise offset cheaper food, petrol ...

Annual inflation edged up for the second consecutive month in December to 3% from 2.9% the month before, bringing 2024’s average annual consumer inflation to 4.4%, Statistics South Africa said ...