The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December 2024 on the back of higher food and energy prices.

The next chart shows both series since 1957, the year the government first began ... on the component composition of the Consumer Price Index, see our Inside the Consumer Price Index.

This table presents the Consumer price index (CPI) with reference year 1900 = 100. This index series is an estimation and has been constructed by multiplying the year-on-year mutations of several ...

Inflation likely stayed elevated last month in the latest sign that consumer price growth has gotten stuck after declining for much of last year.

The consumer price index, an inflation gauge, rose 2.9% on an annual basis in December. That's up from 2.7% in November. Energy, food, new and used vehicles, car insurance and airline fares were ...