Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. Updated Jan. 15. Current index: The consumer price index, or CPI, increased 0.4% in December, according to the most recent report.

Tom Werner / Getty Images The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is considered one of the most fundamental and critically important economic indicators used to measure inflation. A CPI is used not only in ...

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 ...

The Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) measures changes in U.S. consumer prices based on a representative basket of goods and services. The term urban in the index refers to ...

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.

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 ...

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of ...