Make Your Own Basket Below is the CPI basket for January 2021. Use the slider below to adjust the percentage of your spending—excluding savings and investments—that goes to each category.

“The Consumer Price Index in the United States averaged 124.59 points from 1950 until 2024, reaching an all-time high of 314.80 points in August of 2024 and a record low of 23.50 points in ...