Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began calculating CPI-E in 1982 through 2021, it averaged 2.96%—a touch higher than CPI-U, which inflated about 2.77% per year, on average, over that same ...

Based on projections, retirees should prepare for a larger increase than in 2025, but it still may not be good enough.

Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began calculating CPI-E in 1982 through 2020, it averaged 2.79%--a touch higher than CPI-U, which inflated about 2.60% per year, on average, over that same ...

To calculate CPI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts consumer surveys to determine the typical basket of goods and services bought by American households.

Consumer Price Index and Calculating Inflation User-Created Clip by Craig McAndrew February 8, 2017 Barry Bosworth and Michael Horrigan discuss how the federal government measures inflation.

With state-level electricity subsidies on the rise, the government is revising how it calculates inflation for power consumption. In a major methodological shift, the new Consumer Price Index (CPI ...

Investor concerns about manipulation of the consumer-price index may be exaggerated. Such concerns have grown since President Donald Trump fired the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after ...