What is called the "K-shaped economy," with stress on lower-income consumers leading to significant cutbacks while the wealthier continue to spend, is a key concern among companies. However, even ...

A new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist shows that shrinking package sizes at U.S. grocery stores ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices increased in December, lifted by higher costs for rents and food as some of the distortions related to the government shutdown that had artificially lowered inflation ...

Food inflation in the UK jumped up to nearly 5% this summer, well ahead of the standard inflation rate, in a worrying signal for the economy in general consumers and for farmers in particular, as they ...

Inflation has remained relatively high, meaning goods are becoming more expensive, particularly the cost of food, official figures show. The rate of price rises remained at 3.8% in August, the same as ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries, hotel rooms and airfares rose, along with the cost of clothes and used cars. Consumer prices increased 2.9% in August from a ...

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Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries, hotel rooms and airfares rose, along with the cost of clothes and used cars. Consumer prices increased 2.9% in August from a year earlier, the ...