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Consumer Price Index


Updated 5/22/2013
Key economic statistics
 This weekMonth agoYear ago
Consumer Price Index231.5232.3213.7

What it means: Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index measures the change in prices paid by consumers for a representative group of products and services.

How it's used: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures inflation at the consumer level. The CPI is used as an economy-wide measure of inflation and is used to determine annual cost of living adjustments to Social Security payments and employee paychecks.

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Product Rate +/- Last week
30 yr fixed mtg
3.77% 3.60%
15 yr fixed mtg
2.88% 2.74%
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2.66% 2.54%
30 yr fixed mtg refi
3.76% 3.58%
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