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Consumer Price Index

A Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) or Retail price index is a price index[?] which tracks the prices of a specified set of consumer goods and services, providing a measure of inflation.

In the U.S. CPI figures are prepared monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

External Links

Consumer Price Index webpage (http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm)

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