What Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative ...
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The November CPI report is out. Here's what it means for rising prices

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a modest uptick in inflation, but the data on price growth are muddied considering October figures were not collected due to the record-long ...
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January CPI report shows inflation slowed. Here's what that means for rate cuts

Inflation's always been a hot topic for economists. But since June 2022, when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit its highest level in 40 years (9.1%!) and the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to ...
Chicago Tribune

In his national address, President Trump claimed he’s bringing prices down. Here’s what the data shows.

After nearly two months without new consumer price data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest report Thursday, providing a glimpse at energy costs, food prices and other everyday ...
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The widening gap between CPI and PPI is what truly matters for the stock market – strategist

While the Consumer Price Index remains “fairly benign,” the inflation metric that truly matters for equity markets (SP500), (COMP:IND), (DJI) is the widening gap between CPI and PPI, according to Gina ...
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January CPI Report Shows Inflation Slowed More Than Expected at 2.4%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index increased 2.4% in January from year-ago levels after increasing 2.7% in December. Year-over-year core CPI (which excludes volatile ...