The January reading of the consumer-price index is due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists expect the CPI increased 2.9% from a year ...

By looking at the inflation rate each year, you can gain insight into how prices changed and how events around the globe impacted the average U.S. consumer.

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change ... federally mandated cost-of-living increases, private sector wage and salary increases, poverty measures, consumer and commercial ...

"According to the formula, COLAs are based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)," the website states. The CPI, as a proxy for inflation ...

The closely watched core measurement of the Consumer Price Index slowed for the first time ... BLS data shows). Wages have risen faster than inflation for 20 months, the latest BLS data shows ...