The inflation rate in the United States is expected to decrease to 2.1 percent by 2029. 2022 saw a year of exceptionally high inflation, reaching eight percent for the year. The data represents U.S. city averages. The base period was 1982-84. In economics, the inflation rate is a measurement of inflation, the rate of increase of a price index (in this case: consumer price index). It is the percentage rate of change in prices level over time. The rate of decrease in the purchasing power of money is approximately equal. According to the forecast, prices will increase by 2.9 percent in 2024. The annual inflation rate for previous years can be found here and the consumer price index for all urban consumers here. The monthly inflation rate for the United States can also be accessed here. Inflation in the U.S.Inflation is a term used to describe a general rise in the price of goods and services in an economy over a given period of time. Inflation in the United States is calculated using the consumer price index (CPI). The consumer price index is a measure of change in the price level of a preselected market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. This forecast of U.S. inflation was prepared by the International Monetary Fund. They project that inflation will stay higher than average throughout 2023, followed by a decrease to around roughly two percent annual rise in the general level of prices until 2028. Considering the annual inflation rate in the United States in 2021, a two percent inflation rate is a very moderate projection. The 2022 spike in inflation in the United States and worldwide is due to a variety of factors that have put constraints on various aspects of the economy. These factors include COVID-19 pandemic spending and supply-chain constraints, disruptions due to the war in Ukraine, and pandemic related changes in the labor force. Although the moderate inflation of prices between two and three percent is considered normal in a modern economy, countries’ central banks try to prevent severe inflation and deflation to keep the growth of prices to a minimum. Severe inflation is considered dangerous to a country’s economy because it can rapidly diminish the population’s purchasing power and thus damage the GDP .

The CNBC Economy Articles Dataset is an invaluable collection of data extracted from CNBC’s economy section, offering deep insights into global and U.S. economic trends, market dynamics, financial policies, and industry developments.

This dataset encompasses a diverse array of economic articles on critical topics like GDP growth, inflation rates, employment statistics, central bank policies, and major global events influencing the market. Designed for researchers, analysts, and businesses, it serves as an essential resource for understanding economic patterns, conducting sentiment analysis, and developing financial forecasting models.

Dataset Highlights

Each record in the dataset is meticulously structured and includes:

• Article Titles
• Publication Dates
• Author Names
• Content Summaries
• URLs to Original Articles

This rich combination of fields ensures seamless integration into data science projects, research papers, and market analyses.

Key Features

• Number of Articles: Hundreds of articles sourced directly from CNBC.
• Data Fields: Includes title, publication date, author, article content, summary, URL, and relevant keywords.
• Topics Covered: U.S. and global economy, GDP trends, inflation, employment, financial markets, and monetary policies.
• Format: Delivered in CSV format for easy integration with research tools and analytical platforms.
• Source: Extracted directly from CNBC’s economy news section, ensuring accuracy and relevance.

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• Economic Research: Gain insights into U.S. and global economic policies, market trends, and industry developments.
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• Financial Modeling: Build forecasting models leveraging key economic indicators discussed in the dataset.
• Content Creation: Develop research-backed reports, articles, and presentations on economic topics.

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Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced using renewable energy sources, while gray hydrogen is produced from natural gas and releases carbon emissions. In the EU, the cost of producing green hydrogen domestically was estimated to be between three and four U.S. dollars per kilogram of hydrogen. However, this is more expensive than the estimated costs of producing ammonia and methanol using gray hydrogen, which was estimated to cost between 1.40 and 2.20 U.S. dollars per kilogram for ammonia and 1.80 and 2.20 U.S. dollars per kilogram for methanol. In the U.S., the estimated cost of green hydrogen production is similar to the EU, ranging from three to four U.S. dollars per kilogram. Additionally, there is an estimated cost of 1.50 U.S. dollars per kilogram for transportation and cracking processes associated with U.S. hydrogen production. As such, when the U.S. green hydrogen is imported into the EU, the estimated cost increases to 4.50-5.50 U.S. dollars per kilogram. However, the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) helps bridge this cost gap and reduces these costs to a range of 1.50 and 2.50 U.S. dollars per kilogram of hydrogen.

Inflation Expectations in the United States increased to 3.40 percent in September from 3.20 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Consumer Inflation Expectations- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Price quote data (for locally collected data only) and consumption segment indices that underpin consumer price inflation statistics, giving users access to the detailed data that are used in the construction of the UK’s inflation figures. The data are being made available for research purposes only and are not an accredited official statistic. From October 2024, private school fees and part-time education classes have been included in the consumption segment indices file. For more information on the introduction of consumption segments, please see the Consumer Prices Indices Technical Manual, 2019. Note that this dataset was previously called the consumer price inflation item indices and price quotes dataset.

Since 2021, the large economies of Western Europe have been experiencing a surge in inflation, with inflation reaching as high as 11.84 percent in Italy during October 2022. During 2023 the rate of inflation in all these economies has fallen significantly, reaching as low as 0.67 percent in Italy and 3.17 percent in Germany. This inflationary episode is understood by economists to have been caused by several factors, notably the supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, pent-up consumer demand which was released after lockdowns ended, as well as policies of monetary and fiscal stimulus during the pandemic aimed at boosting economic activity.

Graph and download economic data for Longer Run FOMC Summary of Economic Projections for the Personal Consumption Expenditures Inflation Rate, Central Tendency, Midpoint (PCECTPICTMLR) from 2009-02-18 to 2025-09-17 about projection, PCE, consumption expenditures, consumption, personal, inflation, rate, and USA.

In 2023 and through 2024, the world saw inflation rates increase amid, among other things, post-COVID-19 effects and the Russia-Ukraine war. Argentina and Turkey were both plagued by hyperinflation, with over 219 and 58 percent in 2024, respectively. Except for these, Russia had the highest inflation rate, at nearly eight percent. On the other hand, China had the lowest rate of the countries included here, at 0.2 percent. Argentinian inflation crisis During the 2020s, Argentina was struck by extreme levels of inflation, which severely impacted the livelihoods of Argentinians. Specifically, the costs of goods have presented numerous challenges to Argentinian consumers. In Argentina, a basic food basket that costs around 26,000 Argentinian pesos cost over 100,000 by February 2024. Similarly, a basic consumer goods basket that cost around 57,000 Argentinian pesos in February 2023 rose to over 220,000 by February 2024. While these rising costs have been challenging for consumers, Argentina’s inflation rate is expected to decrease beginning in 2024 and is estimated to reach 8.9% by 2029.

British recession Besides the outliers of Argentina and Turkey, the United Kingdom had a comparatively high CPI rate. As of 2024, the British economy has entered a recession, the only G7 country to do so. Just before the general election held in July 2024, British voters indicated that health, mostly the lack of financial support and staff shortages, as well as the economy was the most important issue to them.

United States US: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator: Linked Series data was reported at 1.799 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.276 % for 2016. United States US: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator: Linked Series data is updated yearly, averaging 1.978 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.699 % in 1990 and a record low of 0.759 % in 2009. United States US: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator: Linked Series data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Inflation. Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on World Bank national accounts data archives, OECD National Accounts, and the IMF WEO database.; ;

Inflation Rate in Jordan increased to 1.74 percent in September from 1.32 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Jordan Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Core Inflation Rate MoM in the United States remained unchanged at 0.30 percent in August. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Core Inflation Rate MoM.

Cost of food in Lebanon increased 23.90 percent in September of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Lebanon Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Inflation is generally defined as the continued increase in the average prices of goods and services in a given region. Following the extremely high global inflation experienced in the 1980s and 1990s, global inflation has been relatively stable since the turn of the millennium, usually hovering between three and five percent per year. There was a sharp increase in 2008 due to the global financial crisis now known as the Great Recession, but inflation was fairly stable throughout the 2010s, before the current inflation crisis began in 2021. Recent years Despite the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the global inflation rate fell to 3.26 percent in the pandemic's first year, before rising to 4.66 percent in 2021. This increase came as the impact of supply chain delays began to take more of an effect on consumer prices, before the Russia-Ukraine war exacerbated this further. A series of compounding issues such as rising energy and food prices, fiscal instability in the wake of the pandemic, and consumer insecurity have created a new global recession, and global inflation in 2024 is estimated to have reached 5.76 percent. This is the highest annual increase in inflation since 1996. Venezuela Venezuela is the country with the highest individual inflation rate in the world, forecast at around 200 percent in 2022. While this is figure is over 100 times larger than the global average in most years, it actually marks a decrease in Venezuela's inflation rate, which had peaked at over 65,000 percent in 2018. Between 2016 and 2021, Venezuela experienced hyperinflation due to the government's excessive spending and printing of money in an attempt to curve its already-high inflation rate, and the wave of migrants that left the country resulted in one of the largest refugee crises in recent years. In addition to its economic problems, political instability and foreign sanctions pose further long-term problems for Venezuela. While hyperinflation may be coming to an end, it remains to be seen how much of an impact this will have on the economy, how living standards will change, and how many refugees may return in the coming years.

Sticky price models featuring heterogeneous firms and systematic firm-level productivity trends deliver radically different predictions for the optimal inflation rate than their popular homogenous-firm counterparts: (i) the optimal steady-state inflation rate generically differs from zero and (ii) inflation optimally responds to productivity disturbances. We show this by aggregating a heterogeneous-firm model with sticky prices in closed form. Using firm-level data from the US Census Bureau, we estimate the historically optimal inflation path for the US economy: the optimal inflation rate ranges between 1 percent and 3 percent per year and displays a downward trend over the period 1977–2015.

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for Switzerland (FPCPITOTLZGCHE) from 1960 to 2024 about Switzerland, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, and price.

Egypt EG: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data was reported at 22.933 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.246 % for 2016. Egypt EG: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data is updated yearly, averaging 9.929 % from Dec 1966 (Median) to 2017, with 52 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.138 % in 1987 and a record low of 0.870 % in 1999. Egypt EG: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Inflation. Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Median;

Trinidad and Tobago TT: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data was reported at 3.039 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.634 % for 2016. Trinidad and Tobago TT: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data is updated yearly, averaging 4.303 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.512 % in 1974 and a record low of -27.633 % in 2009. Trinidad and Tobago TT: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Trinidad and Tobago – Table TT.World Bank.WDI: Inflation. Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Median;

Eritrea ER: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator: Linked Series data was reported at 13.341 % in 2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.574 % for 2010. Eritrea ER: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator: Linked Series data is updated yearly, averaging 11.574 % from Dec 1993 (Median) to 2011, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.505 % in 2009 and a record low of -1.383 % in 1993. Eritrea ER: Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator: Linked Series data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Eritrea – Table ER.World Bank.WDI: Inflation. Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on World Bank national accounts data archives, OECD National Accounts, and the IMF WEO database.; ;

Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH)-consistent inflation rates calculated for different income groups in the UK, by category of spend. Data are for the period 2005 to 2018.

Switzerland Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data was reported at 0.354 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.566 % for 2016. Switzerland Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data is updated yearly, averaging 1.127 % from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2017, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.348 % in 1982 and a record low of -0.625 % in 2014. Switzerland Inflation:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Switzerland – Table CH.World Bank.WDI: Inflation. Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.; ; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.; Median;