CPI Inflation Rose on Food & Energy Prices, even before Gasoline Price Spike. YoY still Pushed Down by Bad-Joke OER by Wolf Richter • Mar 11, 2026 • 57 Comments The Bad Joke of Owners Equivalent of Rent (OER) explained.
Gasoline Prices Spike, Now up 25% since January, Diesel Prices 40%, Heating up Inflation by Wolf Richter • Mar 10, 2026 • 73 Comments California is back over $5. Prices in Texas jumped by 25% month to month, to over $3.23.
Companies Report Raging Inflation, Except in Wages & Rents by Wolf Richter • Mar 5, 2026 • 144 Comments Double-digit increases in employee health insurance costs hold down wage increases.
Services PPI Inflation Explodes. Goods PPI Jumps as Companies Shuffle Tariffs to Each Other. Food & Energy Plunge by Wolf Richter • Feb 27, 2026 • 104 Comments It will further fuel the acceleration of the Fed-favored PCE Price Index.
PCE Inflation (2.9%, 3.0%) and GDP Inflation (3.7%) Got Hotter, but CPI Inflation (2.4%) Cooled. Why? The Fed Needs to Pay Serious Attention by Wolf Richter • Feb 21, 2026 • 51 Comments The PCE price index gets pushed down far less by the doctored housing index than CPI does because housing weighs half as much in PCE.
Hot Inflation & Plunge in Federal Government Spending Slam Real GDP. But Trade Deficit Least Bad in 2 Years by Wolf Richter • Feb 20, 2026 • 28 Comments Domestic private demand, without government and trade, rose by 2.4% adjusted for inflation.
Services Inflation Spikes in January, but Bad-Joke OER CPI Pushes Down on Year-over-Year CPI. OER is Huge and Bad by Wolf Richter • Feb 13, 2026 • 112 Comments Gasoline & used-vehicle prices plunge, food inflation backs off for a moment, natural gas bills jump.
Here We Go Again on Inflation: Used Vehicle Prices Jump in January, Expected to Jump More in Record Tax-Refund Season by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2026 • 71 Comments Tax refunds make great down-payments which are great for higher prices. Every year, the industry salivates over it. But this year will be special.
Producer Price Index Jumps on Disconcerting Spike in Services PPI. Food & Energy Prices Fall by Wolf Richter • Jan 30, 2026 • 20 Comments Core goods prices rise as companies distribute the tariffs amongst each other.
Energy Inflation for Households: Electricity, Natural Gas Piped to the Home, Gasoline, and Other Fuels by Wolf Richter • Jan 19, 2026 • 88 Comments Demand for electricity has surged, and so has the price.
