Since When Is 7.1% a ‘Good Inflation Number’? Ebullient news coverage betrays a very short-term memory. Share. Resize. Listen (1 min) A shoppers in a Kroger supermarket in Atlanta, Oct. 14.

India’s benchmark inflation number, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), fell to a five year low of 3.5% in July because of a favourable base effect. It was the first time in five ...

The year-on-year October CPI number for all urban consumers was 7.7%, below the 8% consensus, and 6.3% when food and energy are excluded, lower than the 6.6% expectation.

Year-over-year inflation softened to 1.7% in April, an eight-month low, and down from 2.3% in March, ... The April number was modestly above the 1.6% rise economists had expected, ...

Canadian consumer prices held steady while underlying core measures eased, likely giving some relief to Bank of Canada ...

Overall, inflation is up a hideous 13.7% since Biden took office. (Compare that to 3.6% over the same period in the first Trump term.) It has stayed at or above 5% for 20 straight months .

The slowdown in inflation last month is the latest sign that price increases are cooling despite the pain they continue to inflict on U.S. households. U.S. consumer inflation slowed to 7.1% over ...

The latest inflation figures from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union are feeding hopes that the worst is over and some relief for struggling households could arrive soon.

Consumer prices rose 3.7% in the 12-month period ending in August, registering their largest monthly increase since January thanks largely to surging prices at the pump, though one key inflation ...

Shelter costs, which account for about 40% of the core inflation increase, rose 0.6% for the month and are up 7.1% over the past year, the fastest annual increase since 1982.

The 1.7% inflation rate for groceries since November 2022 is the lowest 12-month increase since June 2021, according to the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

The latest inflation figures from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union are feeding hopes that the worst is over and some relief for struggling households could arrive soon.