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U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOngoingConsumer Price Index
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Consumer Price Index: full record

Consumer Price IndexTranscriptionBLSPurchasing Power
The following is a direct transcription of key methodology and description language from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index publications.

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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. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas.

The CPI is widely used as an economic indicator, as a deflator of other economic series, and as a means of adjusting dollar values, including for cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security payments and other federal programs.

This transcription covers the CPI's core methodology description. Full historical data series, category breakdowns, and regional indexes are available directly through the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data: Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. bls.gov/cpi.

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