consumer price index

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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 May consumer price index is due on Wednesday, followed by the producer price index on Thursday.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

However, the Fed didn’t react quickly enough to the 2021 inflation surge, when price growth peaked at nearly 9%, as measured by the consumer price index.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The consumer price index climbed 2.8% on a year earlier, the hottest level in almost two years, though annual inflation excluding gasoline was a much cooler 2% for the month.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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