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The CPI commission found in their study that the index overestimated the cost of living by a value between 0.8 and 1.6 percentage points. If CPI overestimates inflation, then claims that real wages have fallen over time could be unfounded. An overestimation of only a few tenths of a percentage point per annum compounds dramatically over time.
Description: U.S. Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation, 1913–2022. 100=1982–84 Date: 8 February 2023: Source: Data source at , specifically in the "... index averages" table in this PDF file (US Government – public domain); Original image at File:Consumer Price Index US 1913-2004.png
History of inflation in the US from Jan 1914 - Mar 2009. Year-over-year data calculated for each month using (This year-last year)/last year: Date: 27 April 2009: Source: CPI-U (all urban consumers, U.S. cities average) data from Department of Labor / Bureau of Labor Statistics . Author: Lalala666: Other versions: longer time-scale
Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 years of age and older (R-CPI-E): This index re-weights prices from the CPI-U data to track spending for households with at least one consumer age 62 or older.
A CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. Sub-indices and sub-sub-indices can be computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, which are combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the ...
There's an upside and a downside regarding the most recent U.S. retail inflation data. The upside: The Consumer Price Index rose just 0.3% in January; further, CPI was flat on a year-over-year ...
Core CPI year over year went up to a new 40-year high, +6.6% -- +30 bps month over month and slightly above expectations.
A cost-of-living index is a conceptual measurement goal, however, not a straightforward alternative to the CPI. A cost-of-living index would measure changes over time in the amount that consumers need to spend to reach a certain utility level or standard of living. Both the CPI and a cost-of-living index would reflect changes in the prices of ...