The Economics Daily
Consumer prices up 2.9 percent from August 2024 to August 2025
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending August 2025, after rising 2.7 percent over the same period in June and July. Prices for all items less food and energy rose 3.1 percent, food prices increased 3.2 percent, and energy prices increased 0.2 percent since August 2024. 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 »
