The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 2.7% in the final month of 2025, in line with economists' forecasts and unchanged from the prior month, capping a year when many Americans felt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual inflation rate hit 2.7 percent in December, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Inflation came in below economists' forecasts and slowed from December's 2.7% annual rate.

Inflation cooled for a second straight month in December as the headline figure for the Consumer Price Index came in at 2.68% year-over-year. The core CPI was at 2.64% year-over-year, up slightly from ...