Although the 2021-2023 inflation episode was clearly of the transitory sort, the possibility of a re-emergence of the more menacing structural inflation is a latent threat – and it may be ...

The consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, was up 2.4% last month from September 2023, the bureau said.. That figure is a decline from 2.5% in August, meaning price growth slowed. It's also ...

The consumer price index rose 2.7% on an annual basis in June 2025, up from 2.4% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor ...

“Their pre-pandemic structural inflation expectations at below 0.5% combined perfectly with the +1.5% pandemic shock to get close to the 2% sweet spot,” he said.