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 ...

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, after rising 0.4% ...

But a bigger test comes this morning via the consumer price index for the final month of 2024. Wall Street expects 0.3% increases in both the overall CPI and the more critical core rate that omits ...

The consumer price index is a weighted average collection of the prices of common goods and services. Changes in the CPI over time are used to estimate the rate of inflation. The consumer price ...