| Consumer Price Index |
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This week |
Month ago |
Year ago |
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Consumer Price Index
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219.2 |
217.4 |
208.0 |
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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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