Apr 12, 2026
From coffee to home prices, costs are up everywhere
Though overall inflation is somewhat tame at an annual rate of 2.4% — with average hourly earnings growth so far outpacing that increase — Americans continue to reel from prices that soared during the pandemic, never came back to earth, and keep ticking higher.
Though overall inflation is somewhat tame at an annual rate of 2.4% — with average hourly earnings growth so far outpacing that increase — Americans continue to reel from prices that soared during the pandemic, never came back to earth, and keep ticking higher.