For example, the consumer price index (CPI), a common measure of inflation, ... The U.S. CPI basket includes a 36.1% weighting for shelter costs derived mostly from rents and owners' equivalents.

Core CPI, which strips out the more volatile categories like food and gasoline, measured 6.3% in August, up from 6.2% in July. The month-on-month gain of 0.6% was double what economists had expected.

China said on Tuesday consumer prices rose 4.9% in January, a lower-than-expected figure. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the ...

The CPI measures price changes for a basket of commonly purchased goods and services. And in November, the cost of that grocery store basket was a bit more painful than it has been for a while.