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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) 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. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available.
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Consumer Price Index (CPI):
-0.4% in Mar 2020
Unemployment Rate:
4.4% in Mar 2020
Payroll Employment:
-701,000(p) in Mar 2020
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.11(p) in Mar 2020
Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
-0.2%(p) in Mar 2020
Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2019
Productivity:
+1.2%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2019
U.S. Import Price Index:
-2.3% in Mar 2020
U.S. Export Price Index:
-1.6% in Mar 2020
Historical Data
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p - preliminary
Next Release
April 2020 CPI data are scheduled to be released on May 12, 2020, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time. read more »News Releases
CPI for all items falls 0.4% in March as energy, airline fare indexes fall
04/10/2020
In March, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers fell 0.4 percent on a
seasonally adjusted basis; rising 1.5 percent over the last 12 months, not
seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy fell 0.1 percent
in March (SA); up 2.1 percent over the year (NSA).
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The Economics Daily
Consumer prices increase 2.3 percent for year ending February 2020
From February 2019 to February 2020, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 2.3 percent, a smaller increase than the 2.5-percent increase for the year ending January 2020. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Inflation expectations and inflation realities: a comparison of the Treasury Breakeven Inflation curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession
This article examines the extent to which market-based inflation expectations overshot or undershot actual inflation before, during, and after the Great Recession of 2007–09. read more »
