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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
- Titles for two CPI items will change effective February 13, 2020 Read More »
- Updated seasonal factors and indexes introduced February 11, 2020 Read More »
- Fuel oil average price correction in the U.S., Northeast, New England Read More »
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Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.1% in Jan 2020
Unemployment Rate:
3.6% in Jan 2020
Payroll Employment:
+225,000(p) in Jan 2020
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.07(p) in Jan 2020
Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.2%(p) in Dec 2019
Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2019
Productivity:
+1.4% in 4th Qtr of 2019
U.S. Import Price Index:
unchanged in Jan 2020
U.S. Export Price Index:
+0.7% in Jan 2020
Historical Data
News Release
p - preliminary
Next Release
February 2020 CPI data are scheduled to be released on March 11, 2020, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. read more »News Releases
CPI for all items rises 0.1% in January as shelter, food, medical care indexes rise
02/13/2020
In January, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.1 percent
on a seasonally adjusted basis; rising 2.5 percent over the last 12 months,
not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy rose
0.2 percent in January (SA); up 2.3 percent over the year (NSA).
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The Economics Daily
Consumer Price Index: 2019 in review
From 2018 to 2019, consumer prices for all items rose 2.3 percent. Over that period, food prices increased 1.8 percent, a slightly larger percentage increase than the 12-month increase of 1.6 percent in 2018. Food at home prices increased 0.7 percent in 2019, continuing a trend of modest increases, as prices rose 0.6 percent in 2018 and 0.9 percent in 2017. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Inflation expectations and inflation realities: a comparison of the Treasury Breakeven Inflation curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession
This article examines the extent to which market-based inflation expectations overshot or undershot actual inflation before, during, and after the Great Recession of 2007–09. read more »
