The consumer price index, or CPI ... Additionally, anyone can use the index to calculate buying power by adjusting historical values to see how they stack up in today’s dollars.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest inflation report, based on the U.S. Department of Labor's consumer price index (CPI), on March 12 ... and by 7.7% over the last 12 months.

The consumer price index is a weighted average collection ... of inflation over as short a period as a single month. How to Calculate Inflation Using the CPI To calculate an estimated rate of ...

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