consumer price index

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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

All eyes will be on the release later in the day of the crucial consumer price index, which is expected to come in at its highest level in more than three years.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The consumer price index rose 4.2% year-over-year, in line with what economists expected.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Wednesday brings the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index for May, which is expected to reflect a 4.2% year-over-year jump, four tenths of a percentage point more than April’s reading.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 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