The November CPI report should not be taken seriously because the report was distorted by the record-long government shutdown, said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.

While CPI inflation dropped in November, the decline in core inflation to a four-year low really stole the show, with implications beyond policy rate cuts. After a weak labor market report recently, ...

Inflation is a word you hear all the time. However, many people don’t fully understand how it works or how it impacts their daily lives. While some effects of inflation, such as the ever-increasing ...