The year-over-year increase was 2.8%. The consumer price index, or CPI, measures the change in average prices paid by consumers for a set of goods and services that represent regular expenses ...

The CPI is used as a measure of inflation for policymakers, financial markets, businesses, and consumers. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the monthly change in prices paid by U.S. consumers.

It is also known as an escalator clause. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the monthly change in prices paid by U.S. consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI as a ...

A large majority of Americans say their incomes aren't keeping pace with inflation. Here's what the numbers say.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the consumer price index report for February on Wednesday, March 12.

The CPI is just one of a few indices used in the UK to measure inflation. The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) is the headline measure used by the ONS.

Why is that? The consumer price index (CPI) helps answer this question, as it measures inflation, the economic phenomenon that slowly erodes the purchasing power of your hard-earned dollars.

WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford explains how the consumer-price index works and what it can tell you about inflation. Illustration: Jacob Reynolds Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questio ...