The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of Labor ...

Discover how the CPI-W measures inflation affecting urban wage earners and clerical workers, impacting cost-of-living adjustments and economic decisions.

Particularly since the 1990s, federal statistical agencies have worked to improve the ability of various price indexes to measure changes in the cost of living. However, in recent years, some have ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on July 26, 2023 at the Federal Reserve in ...

February's CPI report shows softer-than-expected inflation, with headline CPI up 0.2% MoM and 2.8% YOY, driven by declines in volatile categories. Food and energy prices remained controlled, with ...

The headline CPI figure rose to 2.9% year-over-year, up from 2.7% in July and in line with expectations. This is the highest level since January and marks the fourth consecutive month inflation has ...

After President Donald Trump’s sacking of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the wake of a weak July employment report, investors will be parsing this coming week’s ...

The Consumer Price Index in June rose 2.7% on an annual basis, a sign inflation around the U.S. is creeping up after declining earlier this year. The CPI was forecast to rise 2.7% last month, higher ...

Inflation in September was higher than expected, even though overall price growth largely continued on its cooling path back to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. The consumer price index eased to 2.4% ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the 2 ...