The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as a chief barometer of inflation. But what is it and how is it calculated? CNBC Select explains below and recommends some cards that could help put money ...

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 ...

Inflation ended 2024 by moving slightly higher. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.4% increase in the Consumer ...

The increase in overall prices – measured by the Consumer Price Index – was 9.1% for the ... according to the CPI. For comparison, gas prices rose 43.6% for the 12 months ending April 2022.

Tim Evanson/Flickr.com (CC by SA-2.0) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most widely used metric for consumer inflation changes over time and utilizes data based on consumer buying habits from ...

Inflation ended 2024 by moving slightly higher. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.4% increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) on a seasonally adjusted ...

A subdued December producer-price index reading Tuesday morning brought a modicum of relief to investors stressed out over the prospect of a re-acceleration of inflation, but it's the December ...