The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the monthly change in prices paid by U.S. consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calculates the CPI as a weighted average of prices for a basket of ...

Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core wholesale prices fell 0.1% last month from January, first drop since July. Core producer prices rose 3.4%, lower than the 3.8% year-over-year ...

The decline adds to signs that price pressures are abating, a development that raises the prospect that the Federal Reserve will ease monetary policy sooner.

China's consumer inflation in February fell at the quickest pace since January 2024, while producer price deflation persisted ...