Understanding Inflation: Gradual price rise erodes purchasing power. CPI tracks changes in goods ... what causes it, how it is calculated, and what it means to investors. In the financial sense ...

This index is primarily used to determine current inflation and predict how prices might change in the near future. According to the Labor Department’s most recent report, CPI in February was 2. ...

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), yesterday, reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and quality data publication, promising to continue to provide technical explanations to aid public ...

The CPI is such an indicator; it is widely accepted as providing a reasonably accurate reflection of price changes due to inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is useful for both sellers and ...

When asked about the biggest financial challenge facing families today, 41.8% pointed to rising costs, making it the dominant ...

The NBS has defended the re-upload of its February inflation report, saying the removal of historical data was due to an ...

BLS announced the CPI-W for February last week. TSCL quickly determined that the 2026 COLA would be 2.8% based on the average ...

The CPI is calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and is used as a proxy for inflation. Every month, the BLS releases updated CPI data, showing monthly and annual changes in average prices.

From 6 April, the state pension will increase by 4.1%, as calculated by the ‘triple lock’, and so above this latest inflation figure.

The better-than-expected inflation figure comes as a relief to the economy as it faces the looming threat of stagflation: ...

This morning saw French CPI slump to 0.8% for February, highlighting the downward trajectory likely to kick in for eurozone inflation over the coming months. While we patiently await the German ...