Claire Malon

Claire Malon is a content editor and data reporter for the Chicago Tribune. She has a master鈥檚 in journalism and a concentration in data journalism from DePaul University.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – DECEMBER 10: A customer shops at a Trader Joe’s store on December 10, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Food costs spiked while gas prices cooled. Here鈥檚 the latest look at consumer expenses.

January 21, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans 鈥� eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas 鈥� and how they are changing,...

People shop at an Asian grocery store in Glenview, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Tariffs, bird flu and severe weather are pushing some everyday groceries to record prices

September 17, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

Using consumer price data, the Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans and how they are changing under the Trump administration.

A shopper pushes a cart across a grocery store parking lot in Chicago on June 3, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

A look at consumer prices 6 months into the second Trump administration

August 21, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

Tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans and how they are changing, or not.

Box of a dozen Grade A large eggs sits in a shopping cart at Torres Market in Berwyn on Jan. 28, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

The price of eggs just hit an all-time high. Here's how the cost of everyday goods is changing under the Trump administration.

February 17, 2025 at 10:58 a.m.

Using Consumer Price Index data, the Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans and how they are changing under the Trump administration.

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