New numbers from the January consumer price index report show a rise in gas, eggs and coffee prices. NBC News’ Brian Cheung and Investopedia’s Editor-in-Chief Caleb Silver break down the inflation ...

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 price ...

The Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) measures changes in U.S. consumer prices based on a representative basket of goods and services. The term urban in the index refers to ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as a chief barometer of inflation. But what is it and how is it calculated? CNBC Select explains below and recommends some cards that could help put money ...

Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. Updated Feb. 12. Current index: The consumer price index, or CPI, increased 0.5% in January, according to the most recent report.

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the headline figure for the Consumer Price Index rose to 2.89% year-over-year, right in line with economist expectations. Additionally, core CPI came ...