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NEW YORK — The Consumer Price Index, the nation’s best-known inflation gauge, plunged in October thanks to a record drop in gasoline prices. But if prices still seem high to you, you’re right. October ...

With the rate of inflation grabbing so many headlines since the pandemic, it's worth taking a deeper look into how the consumer price index is aggregated. Primarily, the consumer price index provides ...

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services,” according to the Bureau of Labor ...

CPI-W numbers control the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment. New CPI-W numbers changed the future projections for the COLA. Retirees should know COLAs are not actually keeping up with ...

The $100 you just spent at the grocery store bought 4% less than it did one year ago. Why is that? The consumer price index (CPI) helps answer this question, as it measures inflation, the economic ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average change in prices over time for a specific set of goods and services, reflecting changes in the cost of living. CPI is crucial for understanding ...

I'm a senior consumer finance reporter for Forbes Advisor. I cover what's going on in the news and how it affects your bottom line. When I'm not writing articles, I author the Forbes Advisor Weekly ...