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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.

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): unchanged in Nov 2018

Unemployment Rate: 3.7% in Nov 2018

Payroll Employment: +155,000(p) in Nov 2018

Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.06(p) in Nov 2018

Producer Price Index - Final Demand: +0.1%(p) in Nov 2018

Employment Cost Index (ECI): +0.8% in 3rd Qtr of 2018

Productivity: +2.3%(r) in 3rd Qtr of 2018

U.S. Import Price Index: +0.5% in Oct 2018

U.S. Export Price Index: +0.4% in Oct 2018

Next Release

December 2018 CPI data are scheduled to be released on January 11, 2019, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. read more »

News Releases

CPI for all items unchanged in November as gasoline falls, shelter and food rise

12/12/2018

In November, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers was unchanged on a seasonally adjusted basis; rising 2.2 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in November (SA); up 2.2 percent over the year (NSA).
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The Economics Daily

Real average hourly earnings up 0.7 percent over the year ending October 2018

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.7 percent from October 2017 to October 2018. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with the 0.3-percent increase in the average workweek resulted in a 0.9-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this 12-month period. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Improving initial estimates of the Chained Consumer Price Index

An examination of the reasoning underlying the most recent update to the formula used to produce the preliminary Chained Consumer Price Index. read more »

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