consumer price index

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The consumer price index climbed 2.4% on a year earlier, the fastest pace in three months after cooling a second month running in February to 1.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Economists expect the headline consumer price index to rise about 2.9% on year, in line with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Indeed, the consumer price index in March registered its biggest increase since mid-2022.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Data Friday highlighted the impact of the conflict on prices, with the US consumer price index spiking at 3.3 percent in March, its highest since May last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 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