consumer price index

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According to the March 2026 consumer price index, overall inflation currently stands at 3.3% — up from 2.4% in March 2025.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

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

Over that period, the cost of living for retirees climbed a total 10.8%, 1.2 percentage points higher than the consumer price index.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

In the era of dynamic pricing and electronic points of sale, the technology exists to provide almost minute-by-minute inflation readings that would allow for a far more accurate, up-to-date consumer price index.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 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