The consumer price index, the best-known measure of U.S. inflation, climbed to 2.7% over the 12-month span that ended in ...
Her new book: Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy traces ... This was praised by its supporters as “big democracy in action” - although it feels more like “Big Brother ...
Instead, a big push came from food (up 0.4% ... Despite the sticker shock on staples, grocery price inflation (at 1.6% annually) is still running below the overall CPI rate.