NEW YORK — The Consumer Price Index, the nation’s best-known inflation gauge, plunged in October thanks to a record drop in gasoline prices. But if prices still seem high to you, you’re right. October ...

The $100 you just spent at the grocery store bought 4% less than it did one year ago. Why is that? The consumer price index (CPI) helps answer this question, as it measures inflation, the economic ...

With the rate of inflation grabbing so many headlines since the pandemic, it's worth taking a deeper look into how the consumer price index is aggregated. Primarily, the consumer price index provides ...

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Common sense tells us the Consumer Price Index is not an adequate measure of inflation. For the second year in a row the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained under 2 percent.

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average change in prices over time for a specific set of goods and services, reflecting changes in the cost of living. CPI is crucial for understanding ...