NPR's Michel Martin asks Austan Goolsbee, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, about rising inflation and the latest federal report on consumer prices.

The Labor Department reported on Tuesday that consumer prices increased by 3.8% in April compared to a year ago.

Rising gasoline prices pushed inflation to its highest level in almost three years in April. Consumer prices were up 3.8% from a year ago.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, about consumer prices and primary inflation factors.

New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too.

The April employment report was better than most analysts expected.

Many facing economic pressures and frustrations have begun shopping at budget grocery stores and warehouse clubs in lieu of traditional supermarkets, with priorities shifting in pursuit of good deals.

Cadets from the nation's Merchant Marine academies are finding lots of demand and great salaries because of a shortage of licensed mariners.

Is the new report an indication of resilience in a period of economic uncertainty? Or has the fallout from the Iran war just not hit the labor market yet?

It's the biggest day for America's restaurants, and one of the biggest for flower sales. Despite anxieties over rising gas prices, people are ready to splurge to celebrate.