Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. Updated Jan. 15. Current index: The consumer price index, or CPI, increased 0.4% in December, according to the most recent report.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is used as a chief barometer of inflation. But what is it and how is it calculated? CNBC Select explains below and recommends some cards that could help put money ...

Tom Werner / Getty Images The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is considered one of the most fundamental and critically important economic indicators used to measure inflation. A CPI is used not only in ...

This table presents the Consumer price index (CPI) with reference year 1900 = 100. This index series is an estimation and has been constructed by multiplying the year-on-year mutations of several ...

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 ...

Tim Evanson/Flickr.com (CC by SA-2.0) The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most widely used metric for consumer inflation changes over time and utilizes data based on consumer buying habits from ...