consumer price index

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Investors now await U.S. consumer price index data due later on Friday after Thursday’s personal consumption expenditures print was in line with market expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Inflation: The March consumer price index figure is scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The consumer price index for March, on the other hand, could be a market mover tomorrow.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the consumer price index for March tomorrow.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 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