consumer price index

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In fact, the latest PPI data arguably delivered worse news for the Fed than Wednesday’s consumer price index report, which showed consumer inflation rose 4.2% from a year earlier.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The consumer price index for May didn’t help much either.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The consumer price index rose 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis — the largest monthly increase in three years — pushing the annual inflation rate to 4.2%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the consumer price index on Wednesday and the producer price index on Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The Boskin Commission con�cluded in 1996 that the consumer price index overstates the actual rise in the cost of living by a percentage point a year.

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