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The April consumer price index landed Tuesday morning at 3.8 percent, the hottest annual inflation reading since May 2023, and consumers spent the rest of the day watching the dominoes fall.
Inflation day arrives with gas, groceries and the housing market all in the squeeze
Top consumer stories: May 11, 2026 Eleven weeks into a war with Iran that no one expected to last this long, the conflict is now the through-line of the American consumer story. It has pushed gasoline 52 percent higher than it was in late February, lifted mortgage rates back
American consumers are walking into the second week of May juggling a tighter set of trade-offs than at any point this year.
Health
The cases involve Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound and Trulicity Federal litigation over the blockbuster class of GLP-1 drugs that includes Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound and Trulicity has ballooned to more than 3,600 pending cases across two multidistrict proceedings, as a federal judge moves to tighten the medical evidence
Travel
Airlines are moving to rein in the use of portable chargers onboard, citing a sharp rise in fire risks linked to the popular devices.
Insurance
U.S. consumers may be overpaying for insurance by as much as $150 billion annually as the gap between premiums collected and claims paid reaches historic levels, according to a new analysis
Consumer Protection
The CFPB's wings have been clipped by the Trump Administration and it is struggling to survive.