consumer price index

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The current rate of inflation is 2.4%, based on the consumer price index.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Proponents of indexing typically cite the consumer price index, but that’s only one of numerous inflation measures the government calculates.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The House also replaced its traditional Seattle consumer price index with a slower-growing national CPI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

On deck this week are February’s consumer price index, January’s personal consumption expenditures index, more jobs news, and Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment reading.

From Barron's • Mar. 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