CPI

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Both inflation measures are running at multi-year highs, and the core CPI hasn’t been at or below the Federal Reserve’s two percent target in more than five years.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

He thinks the headline increase could be upwards of 4%, with core CPI getting near 3%.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Provisional data, released a week earlier, showed CPI inflation rose by a bigger-than-expected 0.8% versus a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The core CPI is expected to increase 2.9% compared with 2.8% previously.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

That the US has been using only the CPI would counter that argument.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas