consumer price index
noun
: an index measuring the change in the cost of typical wage-earner purchases of goods and services expressed as a percentage of the cost of these same goods and services in some base period
called also cost-of-living index
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The consumer price index climbed to 2.6% last month since the same time last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The consumer price index, another key inflation measure, was up 2.4% annually in September, according to the BLS — a 0.1 percentage point slowdown from August and the smallest annual reading since February 2021.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
The consumer price index was up 2.4% in September year-over-year.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Last month, the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) topped expectations with the core index that excludes food and energy rising 0.3% and ending a run of lower readings.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
The consumer price index, another key inflation measure, was up 2.4% annually in September, according to the BLS — a 0.1 percentage point slowdown from August and the smallest annual reading since February 2021.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
The consumer price index was up 2.4% in September year-over-year.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Last month, the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) topped expectations with the core index that excludes food and energy rising 0.3% and ending a run of lower readings.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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