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Core CPI (blue) is less volatile than the full CPI-U (red), shown here as the annual percentage change, 1983–2021. A Core CPI index is a CPI that excludes goods with high price volatility, typically food and energy, so as to gauge a more underlying, widespread, or fundamental inflation that affects broader sets of items. More specifically ...
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
The Chained Consumer Price Index C-CPI-U, a chained index, has been introduced. The C-CPI-U tries to mitigate the substitution bias that is encountered in CPI-W and CPI-U by employing a Tornqvist formula and utilizing expenditure data in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the effect of any substitution that consumers make across item ...
The CPI report for March 2022 shows inflation above the consensus analyst expectation of 8.4%, marking the highest level in the U.S. since 1981. ... Blondie was topping the music charts and ...
U.S. inflation likely accelerated in January, with prices across a wide range of goods and services soaring further amid lingering shortages and supply chain disruptions.
U.S. consumer prices rose at a slightly slower pace in April compared to March, though persistent supply-side disruptions still kept inflation near its highest level in 40 years.
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 ...
According to Bloomberg forecasts, the headline consumer price index for September is expected to show a slight moderation on a year-over-year figure to 8.1% from 8.3% in August, but an increase to ...