The consumer price index rose 0.5% in January and 3% from a year earlier, according to the latest data released Wednesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was significantly stronger than ...

The consumer price index shows that inflation accelerated in January at a pace economists weren't forecasting, rising 3% on an annual basis and 0.5% monthly. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in February, after rising 0.5 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

This table presents the Consumer price index (CPI) with reference year 1900 = 100. This index series is an estimation and has been constructed by multiplying the year-on-year mutations of several ...

Also, while the CPI is the most widely used barometer of inflation, the Fed’s preferred gauge for its 2% target is the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, which slowed to 2.5% in June.

The table below shows the relative importance assigned to some categories in the most recent CPI report. As an index, the CPI shows where current average prices for a particular basket of goods ...

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