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 Labor ...

Faced with runaway inflation during World War I, the US Department of Labor came up with a handy tool. A single figure, the Consumer Price Index, would measure the changing cost of a basket of ...

The consumer price index increased 3% in January from a year ago, Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department showed, up from 2.9% the previous month. These numbers show inflation is remaining above ...

After President Donald Trump’s sacking of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the wake of a weak July employment report, investors will be parsing this coming week’s ...

Inflation picked up pace in February. The consumer price index climbed 3.2% year over year last month, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s faster than the 3.1% ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The cost of groceries, gas and used cars and trucks all increased in January, according to a new Consumer Price Index report. The price of all goods is up 3% over the last year, and ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics expanded its use of a technique to fill in gaps in inflation data it wasn’t able to collect ...

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics published the June Consumer Price Index this morning. Here's a look at what was reported: Overall CPI increased by 3% year over year in June vs. 3.1% expectations, ...