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The Economics Daily
Big games, big prices: Admissions for sporting events up 123 percent since 2000
Professional sporting events continually make the news, with Americans following their favorite individual and team sports through regular season competitions, playoffs, and championships. Also often discussed are the prices fans pay to attend professional sporting events, a large part of which is the cost of tickets for admission. Of course, prices for many things have increased over the years, leading us to ask: how do rising ticket prices for sporting events compare? read more »
Beyond the Numbers
What price changes contributed the most to increases in the CPI in 2024?
Between December 2023 and December 2024, consumer prices experienced disinflation, where prices still increased but by a smaller amount than before. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.9 percent from December 2023 to December 2024. This was a slower rate of increase than in the three previous 12-month periods ending in December. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Impacts of COVID-19 on collection and missing data in the CPI
Data collection rapidly shifted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more »
Handbook Of Methods
Consumer Price Index Concepts