Using the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a new study has found how inflation impacts people in different parts of California. In its latest report, the federal agency put the ...

On paper, the US economy seems to be doing well with historically low unemployment. Yet most Americans have a sour view in recent polls, with stubborn inflation in living costs cited as the reason for ...

It has not been a pretty summer for consumers at California’s supermarkets. This summer’s pricing – June through August’s reports – shows that prices in the “food at home” category across those three ...

Southern Californians who thought inflation was all but cured are getting a rude surprise in 2025. The region’s overall consumer prices were rising at a 3.1% annual rate in May. That’s according to my ...

The pace of Southern California inflation rose slightly in July as trade tensions helped nudge the cost-of-living higher. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the Consumer Price Indexes for Los Angeles and ...

Tenants in Southern California are not getting the same level of relief from rent increases as the average American. This insight comes from my trusty spreadsheet’s analysis of rent inflation data ...

Southern California shoppers are seeing an unwelcome return of worrisome inflation. My trusty spreadsheet looked at what shoppers pay for goods and services by combining three regional Consumer Price ...

It has not been a pretty summer for consumers at California’s supermarkets. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found when averaging slices of Consumer Price Indexes for three Golden State metro areas: ...