Understand the purpose of market escalation contracts and learn how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is often used to make periodic contract price adjustments.
The consumer price index is a weighted average collection of the prices of common goods and services. Changes in the CPI over time are used to estimate the rate of inflation. The consumer ...
Purchasing power refers to the amount of goods and services a person or entity can buy with a given amount of money. It ...
China's consumer inflation in February fell at the quickest pace since January 2024, while producer price deflation persisted ...
The average U.S. city price of a dozen large grade A eggs, not seasonally adjusted, in February was $5.90, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's up from $4.95 in January and $4.14 ...
according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index. But before you start reworking your budget to afford a dozen Grade A, not all grocery prices are surging. In January, milk, oranges ...
The Labor Department released the consumer price index for February which found inflation was 2.8%, in line with economists' expectations ahead of the next Federal Reserve meeting.