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Consumer Price Index

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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) 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. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available.

Notices

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Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Sep 2023 News Release Historical Data

Unemployment Rate: 3.9% in Oct 2023 News Release Historical Data

Payroll Employment: +150,000(p) in Oct 2023 News Release Historical Data

Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.07(p) in Oct 2023 News Release Historical Data

Producer Price Index - Final Demand: +0.5%(p) in Sep 2023 News Release Historical Data

Employment Cost Index (ECI): +1.1% in 3rd Qtr of 2023 News Release Historical Data

Productivity: +4.7% in 3rd Qtr of 2023 News Release Historical Data

U.S. Import Price Index: +0.1% in Sep 2023 News Release Historical Data

U.S. Export Price Index: +0.7% in Sep 2023 News Release Historical Data

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News Releases

CPI for all items rises 0.4% in September; shelter up

10/12/2023

In September, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.7 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent in September (SA); up 4.1 percent over the year (...
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Next Release

October 2023 CPI data are scheduled to be released on November 14, 2023, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
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Publications

The Economics Daily

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A look at consumer prices in back-to-school season

Many families may have recently purchased new books, laptops, shoes, sports goods, and musical instruments for their kids in preparation for the new school year. Prices for educational books and supplies (which consist of elementary, high school, and college textbooks and reference books) decreased 3.4 percent from August 2022 to August 2023 and were 1.4 percent higher in August 2023 than they were in August 2020. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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A review of recent improvements to the CPI’s housing age-bias adjustment

This article describes the most recent changes to housing age-bias adjustment in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

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A Look at a Neat Industry: Distilleries

This Spotlight on Statistics reviews historical employment trends for distilleries and other components of the beverage manufacturing industry. Additionally, the Spotlight looks at trends in the number of establishments and wages for the distillery industry and compares them to trends among breweries and wineries. Finally, a look at consumer prices for distilled spirits is reviewed. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

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Getting less for the same price? Explore how the CPI measures “shrinkflation” and its impact on inflation

This Beyond the Numbers article examines product upsizing and downsizing and explores how these concepts affect measurements in the CPI. Read on to find out more about how the CPI captures these changes, which types of products experienced the most change between 2015-2021, and its impact on inflation. read more »