inflation

Bryan Tetorakis opened a listening bar in Cleveland last year. As costs fluctuate, he’s substituting menu ingredients to manage prices and profit.

General Mills is the latest food company to lower its sales outlook for the year. Campbell’s and Kraft Heinz have done it too.

The fast fashion retailer declared bankruptcy this week, for the second time in six years.

Costs are still high. And according to the CPI for February, there were lots of price hikes and price drops within the grocery sector.

The main difference is inflation.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage shot up to nearly 8% in late 2023. It fell to just above 6% last fall, bounced back above 7% in mid-January, and declined again recently.

Buying a bond is usually like going for ice cream (to a regular ice cream place): You pick your flavor, you pay, you enjoy a nice, predictable payoff. Lately though, that’s not the deal.

Inflation and tariff fears contributed to a decline of 10% in the University of Michigan’s latest survey.

Taxes on goods the U.S. imports will affect what consumers pay, but will we see one-time price hikes or a more persistent form of inflation?

Logistics prices typically rise in January. But this year, other factors could be pushing transportation and warehousing costs up as well, including concerns about tariffs.