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.

Inflation heated back up again in November, but it likely wasn’t bad enough to keep the Federal Reserve from cutting rates next week. Consumer prices were up 2.7% for the 12 months ended in ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is prepared monthly, and it is the weighted average prices of a fixed basket of goods and services consumed by the average Guyanese household, from one period to ...

Currently, Numerator’s Monthly Inflation Report measures approximately 15% of the CPI basket. As shown in Table 1, seasonally adjusted prices for everyday consumer purchases that Numerator ...

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 NRB published the first CPI in 1973-74 based on the Household Budget Survey in 1972-73. Since then, the NRB has periodically conducted five surveys to revise the basket and weights to account ...

Food is a big driver of inflation in India given its high weighting in the CPI basket. In June, food prices rose 9.36% from a year earlier, pushing up the headline inflation rate to 5.08%.

Pretoria - Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday it would introduce a revised basket of products for its consumer price indices from January, to include a broader range of products and services.

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.