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The seventh straight month of inflation running above five percent.

Food inflation is broad-based and sizzling hot, covering nearly everything American families buy for breakfast.

October’s inflation was much worse than expected.

The Department of Labor issued its twin inflation reports, known as the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index, this week. They both showed the prices of many popular holiday gifts have shot up over the past twelve months.

American families were hit with huge price hikes throughout the grocery store aisles in September, indicating that inflationary pressures are picking up steam.

The pace of inflation picked up in September, pushing prices up by more than expected, data from the Department of Labor showed Wednesday.

‘You are getting poorer,” Steve Cortes said of inflation and supply chain breakdowns yielding a “Biden Blue Christmas” for Americans.

Bacon prices are up 17 percent compared with a year ago. Eggs are up 9.9 percent. Even salad dressing is getting more expensive.

Consumer prices rose again in August, albeit at a slower pace than earlier in the summer. The Consumer Price Index rose 5.3 percent compared with a year ago, the Department of Labor said Tuesday. On a monthly basis, the CPI

The great used car inflation of 2021 has slowed down, but inflation is still rising in less volatile categories of consumer goods and services, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Wednesday.

The monthly inflation figure was nearly twice as high as expected.

The Consumer Price Index climbed 4.2 percent annually in April. Compared with March, prices rose 0.8 percent.

Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, worked to forge a “grand bargain” with congressional Republicans on deficit reduction during the Obama years. As part of the effort, the former vice president openly advocated for putting entitlements programs, including Social Security, on the negotiating table.

Broad gains in prices suggest the economy is still healing.

A big jump after months of the federal government’s massive fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Inflation has been slowing down for the last two months, suggesting that the Fed will not hike rates this year.

The Consumer Price Index was flat for September, vindicating Trump’s claim that there is no inflation in the U.S. economy.

The data defy the dire predictions of experts who forecast consumers would foot the bill for tariffs. 

Retired Americans collecting Social Security payments will get their biggest payout in seven years starting in 2019.

U.S. Federal Reserve officials announced a modest interest rate hike on Wednesday, predicting two more this year as the American economy continues to grow.