The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the monthly change in prices paid by U.S. consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calculates the CPI as a weighted average of prices for a basket of ...

Many different expenses serve as components of the CPI. As a result, the market basket that is used to calculate this key economic indicator consists of a wide range of costs that consumers incur ...

Markets opened lower this morning, reacting to what is viewed as a “hot” inflation report. Click here to read more about the ...

The process for calculating the CPI is regularly reviewed to make sure it is as robust and coherent as possible. This was done most recently by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in 2017.

The Consumer Price Index is the chief benchmark economists use to measure inflation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI each month by collecting information on the price of ...

It's less than half an hour to the January consumer-price-index reading, and investors should be aware of the data's tendency ...

Tens of millions of Americans rely on Social Security benefits for a substantial portion of their retirement income. Not only ...

Corruption fuels the climate crisis, endangering life-saving funds. CPI 2024 reveals urgent need for transparency to safeguard billions at risk.

The non-partisan advocacy group The Senior Citizens League predicts the 2026 COLA will be 2.1%, based on data from the Bureau ...

The discrepancy is because the cost of rent and medical expenses are not used to calculate the consumer price index, from ...