Using Consumer Price Index data, the Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans and how they are changing under the ...
Put simply, a tariff is a tax placed on the cost of importing or exporting goods by a certain country. A 60% tariff on Chinese imports would therefore be a 60% tax on the cost to import, say, computer ...
The December Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed that underlying inflation fell for the first time in six months, but rising costs for key goods and services continue to pressure peoples' wallets.
Real gross domestic product (GDP) is an inflation-adjusted measure that reflects the value of all goods and services produced by an economy in a given year. Real GDP is expressed in base-year prices.